Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#1

Post by mhoad » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 7:00 AM UTC

Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript
twitter.com

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#2

Post by davidhyde » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:51 AM UTC

As if they didn't learn their lesson with skype for business.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#3

Post by rbinv » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:53 AM UTC

Office for Windows (WIN32) will be an Electron app? I have no words.

edit, since there seems to be some confusion: I am explicitly talking about the WIN32 variant, which he confirmed to be based on Electron.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#4

Post by rado » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:54 AM UTC

The sky is falling

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#5

Post by bitL » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:55 AM UTC

Oh well, the kool-aid is strong. Next round of what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away...

Can somebody please design even worse language so that we can progress by reimplementing everything in it, keeping us occupied for the next 20 years?

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#6

Post by vesak » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:56 AM UTC

rbinv wrote: post #3

Office for Windows (WIN32) will be an Electron app? I have no words. edit, since there seems to be some confusion: I am explicitly talking about the WIN32 variant, which he confirmed to be based on Electron.

    "No they are not electron apps. They are compiled to native code.
    
    It's now finally one toolchain(#webpack)
    It's one codebase and it compiles to:
    
    Web
    Android
    IOS
    MacOS
    UWP
    WIN32 (only one that uses electron)
    7:52 AM · Jun 13, 2018"

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/100676113439583...

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#7

Post by rbinv » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:56 AM UTC

vesak wrote: post #6

rbinv wrote: post #3

Office for Windows (WIN32) will be an Electron app? I have no words. edit, since there seems to be some confusion: I am explicitly talking about the WIN32 variant, which he confirmed to be based on Electron.

"No they are not electron apps. They are compiled to native code. It's now finally one toolchain(#webpack) It's one codebase and it compiles to: Web Android IOS MacOS UWP WIN32 (only one that uses electron) 7:52 AM · Jun 13, 2018" https://mobile.twitter.com/TheLarkInn/status/100676113439583...

He says so in another tweet/reply.

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:57 AM UTC

rbinv wrote: post #3

Office for Windows (WIN32) will be an Electron app? I have no words. edit, since there seems to be some confusion: I am explicitly talking about the WIN32 variant, which he confirmed to be based on Electron.

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Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#9

Post by nickpp » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:57 AM UTC

Other tweets in thread are interesting too:

  No they are not electron apps. They are compiled to native code. 

  It's now finally one toolchain(#webpack)
  It's one codebase and it compiles to:

  Web
  Android
  IOS
  MacOS
  UWP
  WIN32 (only one that uses electron)

Re: Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript

#10

Post by cm2187 » Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 8:57 AM UTC

Excel is already a dog in term of realculating large spreadsheets. I think we will need Intel's 28 cores at 5GHz monster!