Hi. Thanks for your comments. But what I'm saying is Google's client-side coding is based on the Javascript language. I was suggesting they base it on the PHP language (I'm referring to PHP's programming language and not the server-side platform).
I think its biggest drawback is its programming language. Javascript-based, Google Gears is too "object-oriented for the sake of being object-oriented". They would've been better of basing it on PHP. They'd end up with a stronger momentum.
I tried the examples and doing some sample apps--I found the programming language for Google Gears basically based on Javascript which, though I've learned how to use it, is pretty unrefined (I avoid using it if I can) and belongs to the non-user-friendly philosophy of "object-oriented programming for object-oriented programming's sake" rather than for practicality or useability's sake.
I think Google will gain more developers and acceptance and a thriving Google Gear community if they offer PHP as an alternative language for programming Google Gears or replace the current language entirely with a PHP+Javascript+HTML+SQL style.
Just like the Writer's Guild, programmers should a Coders Guild which will protect, promote, and defend coders of the world. It can do this (just as the Writer's Guild does) by not allowing coders to continue working for companies that do anything to harm coders or their principles. If a majority of coders join the guild, then companies cannot hire coders unless they conform (which is the case with the Writer's Guild--Hollywood cannot afford to be blacklisted, otherwise, their TV shows and movies will just stop). One of the things the Guild should do is come up with Stamps of Approval, such as "Approved by the Coders Guild" and to get approval, the product must conform to certain principles, like, DVD products must be all-region capable, for example. So if consumers know that a product is Coders Guild Approved, they know that DVD product works better than one not approved.
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Hi. Thanks for your comments. But what I'm saying is Google's client-side coding is based on the Javascript language. I was suggesting they base it on the PHP language (I'm referring to PHP's programming language and not the server-side platform).
I think its biggest drawback is its programming language. Javascript-based, Google Gears is too "object-oriented for the sake of being object-oriented". They would've been better of basing it on PHP. They'd end up with a stronger momentum.
I tried the examples and doing some sample apps--I found the programming language for Google Gears basically based on Javascript which, though I've learned how to use it, is pretty unrefined (I avoid using it if I can) and belongs to the non-user-friendly philosophy of "object-oriented programming for object-oriented programming's sake" rather than for practicality or useability's sake.
I think Google will gain more developers and acceptance and a thriving Google Gear community if they offer PHP as an alternative language for programming Google Gears or replace the current language entirely with a PHP+Javascript+HTML+SQL style.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Zen), Creative didn't come out with a high-capacity player until 2002--after the iPod.
Just like the Writer's Guild, programmers should a Coders Guild which will protect, promote, and defend coders of the world. It can do this (just as the Writer's Guild does) by not allowing coders to continue working for companies that do anything to harm coders or their principles. If a majority of coders join the guild, then companies cannot hire coders unless they conform (which is the case with the Writer's Guild--Hollywood cannot afford to be blacklisted, otherwise, their TV shows and movies will just stop). One of the things the Guild should do is come up with Stamps of Approval, such as "Approved by the Coders Guild" and to get approval, the product must conform to certain principles, like, DVD products must be all-region capable, for example. So if consumers know that a product is Coders Guild Approved, they know that DVD product works better than one not approved.