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WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by ryannielsen » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 8:05 PM UTC

WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa
webappkit.org

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by GrooveStomp » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 8:30 PM UTC

Cool. Anything similar for *nix and Windows? I'm fairly certain you can embed WebKit in GTK - in fact, I think that's functionality exposed by the API. I'm not sure to what extent it's supported with other language bindings, though.

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by cpr » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:01 PM UTC

Boy, I really don't know.

I've actually enjoyed using Objective-C and Cocoa when used for Mac OS/iOS development (the dynamicity of Smalltalk data structures with the control flow of C), but I don't think I'd ever voluntarily choose it outside that context. Too verbose, too fragile.

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by chetan51 » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:04 PM UTC

I'd love to see a good implementation of the opposite -- creating Cocoa apps using web technologies.

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by mhd » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:10 PM UTC

chetan51 wrote: post #4

I'd love to see a good implementation of the opposite -- creating Cocoa apps using web technologies.

Like Appcelerator's Titanium? [1] Doesn't exactly create very "classic" Cocoa apps, but considering the App Store, Lion etc, that seems to be the way that Mac Apps are going anyway, i.e. looking like you were born on the web or on an ipad won't hurt your sales that much, if at all. (Not too fond of that myself, but well…)

Look at Wunderlist as one example[2].

[1]: http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop-applic...

[2]: http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by mbreese » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:14 PM UTC

GrooveStomp wrote: post #2

Cool. Anything similar for *nix and Windows? I'm fairly certain you can embed WebKit in GTK - in fact, I think that's functionality exposed by the API. I'm not sure to what extent it's supported with other language bindings, though.

I'm fairly certain that this isn't related to WebKit at all... just similar names.

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by okal » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:16 PM UTC

Isn't this what Cappuccino[1] already does with Objective-J?

1. http://cappuccino.org

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by chc » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

There's an existing framework along the same lines called FrothKit: http://www.frothkit.org/

The difference seems to be that WebAppKit is new while FrothKit is more mature but not actively developed anymore.

Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:34 PM UTC

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Re: WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa

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Post by zemariamm » Sun, Jul 24, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

okal wrote: post #7

Isn't this what Cappuccino[1] already does with Objective-J? 1. http://cappuccino.org

Not really , Cappuccino focus consists in bringing the whole Cocoa/Objective-C style to front-end development (actually you can run Objective-J on the server too). On the other hand, WebAppKit goal seems to be using Objective-C in the backend