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APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
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Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#22the 2 best new E6 features for me: yield and default params -- finally :)
Absolutely. Yield will transform node.js syntax, which is fantastic. Proxies are really interesting - think about how knockout.js syntax might change if it could hook directly into property changes on regular objects.
Even after ES6 comes out, how long do you think it will take for node to adapt it? I'd love to finally be able to use python style generators.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#23No mention of Web Intent API?
my thoughts exactly: http://jordanwallwork.co.uk/2012/11/my-most-anticipated-upco...
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#24ES6 may well be the death of Javascript. They've managed to turn Javascript into Java, which means web programming is about to turn into a buggy nightmare.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#25Once thing I still have hard time understanding is Chrome App Store and Google Chrome Apps. I'm guessing it's something akin to Adobe Air, but has there been any success stories with Air? Also, I feel like Chrome App Store goes against the idea of open web.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Chrome App Store just a fancy collection of links to various websites that also supports user comments and rating?
edit: nevermind, I somehow managed to confuse it with Chrome Web Store.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#26Once thing I still have hard time understanding is Chrome App Store and Google Chrome Apps. I'm guessing it's something akin to Adobe Air, but has there been any success stories with Air? Also, I feel like Chrome App Store goes against the idea of open web.
I'm tempted to go make fake HN accounts just so I can come back and up vote this more.
I can understand, if not personally endorse, the need for "apps" on smart phones where access to functionality like the accelerometer is not available through APIs used to create browser based apps, but Google's insistence on trying to push app stores in the browser will just lead to pointless balkanization of the open web.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#27None of this will work in IE7, IE8, IE9 or IE10. This will transform absolutely nothing on the web for many years to come. I can understand people getting hyped up about cool new tech like this, but the article has way too much hyperbole to take any of it seriously.
If people work it so there's graceful degradation then it'll transform plenty of things for a large segment of the internet using public. Disparity isn't great but if there's developers pushing features out for the other main browsers it'll hopefully light a fire under the IE team.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#28ES6 may well be the death of Javascript. They've managed to turn Javascript into Java, which means web programming is about to turn into a buggy nightmare.
How do you feel they've done that?
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#29Once thing I still have hard time understanding is Chrome App Store and Google Chrome Apps. I'm guessing it's something akin to Adobe Air, but has there been any success stories with Air? Also, I feel like Chrome App Store goes against the idea of open web.
It's the only way to make a "native" app on a Chromebook. As Chromebooks become more popular, these API's become more important (just like Android and iPhone API's).
Conveniently, you can still run them using desktop Chrome. Should be handy for development.
Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013
#30Hard to see how ECMAScript 6 will transform the internet when everyone writing Javascript for the public web still has to support IE8.
Write the code in ES6 and compile it to ES5, then use Modernizer or some equivalent to detect which runtime is supported by the client's browser and serve the appropriate script.