It's Time for Server-Side Browsers
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It's Time for Server-Side Browsers
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#2Isn't it how mobile Opera works already?
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#3Or we could stop treating the HTTP/browser combination as an application delivery platform.
It's unpopular here, but it's becoming exceptionally obvious as the correct choice.
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#4Time for "server-side browsers" came long time ago - check out headless web application testing frameworks (htmlunit, for example).
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#5Time for "server-side browsers" came long time ago - check out headless web application testing frameworks (htmlunit, for example).
Another one is "Envjs": http://www.envjs.com/
Quote: "Envjs is a simulated browser environment written in javascript"
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#6sorry, I believe this was done ages ago - the remote desktop, such as VNC.
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#7sorry, I believe this was done ages ago - the remote desktop, such as VNC.
Way before that — the X window system.
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#8Isn't it how mobile Opera works already?
It’s how Opera Mini works (sort of) but not how Opera Mobile works.
Re: It's Time for Server-Side Browsers
#9Time for "server-side browsers" came long time ago - check out headless web application testing frameworks (htmlunit, for example).
Another one is "Envjs": http://www.envjs.com/ Quote: "Envjs is a simulated browser environment written in javascript"
This discussion handles headless browsers: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2142104
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#10PhantomJS is quite nice -- headless javascript which leverages webkit for rendering.