Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by moonlighter » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 5:40 AM UTC

Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE
software.intel.com

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by anonyfox » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 8:09 AM UTC

Seems like the most advanced node-webkit [1] application so far. Great to see how node.js is used for more and more crossplatform non-web apps. Cites Atwoods law here...

[1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by aplummer » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 8:18 AM UTC

After playing with it, seems like Brackets (anecdotal guess, though I'm pretty confident) wrapped with a bunch of mobile device stuff ala Ripple (does intel own ripple now?) combined with a pretty deep build system.

Could be really handy for making quick apps for conferences or hi-fi prototypes imo. Particularly the cross platform build system - seems really easy.

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by ibdknox » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 8:30 AM UTC

aplummer wrote: post #3

After playing with it, seems like Brackets (anecdotal guess, though I'm pretty confident) wrapped with a bunch of mobile device stuff ala Ripple (does intel own ripple now?) combined with a pretty deep build system. Could be really handy for making quick apps for conferences or hi-fi prototypes imo. Particularly the cross platform build system - seems really easy.

I can confirm it's brackets.

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by RyanZAG » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 8:33 AM UTC

If you're curious why Intel is making an HTML5 IDE and what their goals are, you can check out this blog post: http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/blogs/why-intel-xdk-ne...

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by camus2 » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 9:05 AM UTC

is it open source ?

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by marknadal » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 9:06 AM UTC

Really great engine, I highly recommend it. I'm even looking for somebody who would know how to write native bridge plugins for it (or convert existing phonegap ones) - I just want alarm clock controls that actually work on iOS (android is easy). Anybody?

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 9:32 AM UTC

ibdknox wrote: post #4

aplummer wrote: post #3

After playing with it, seems like Brackets (anecdotal guess, though I'm pretty confident) wrapped with a bunch of mobile device stuff ala Ripple (does intel own ripple now?) combined with a pretty deep build system. Could be really handy for making quick apps for conferences or hi-fi prototypes imo. Particularly the cross platform build system - seems really easy.

I can confirm it's brackets.

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Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by Intermernet » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 9:44 AM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #6

is it open source ?

Doesn't look like it. http://appcenter.html5tools-software.intel.com/TOS/

Seems fairly permissive, but has provisions to do with de-compiling anything distributed in binary form so it looks fairly mixed.

This may though just be due to use of some legacy, licensed library somewhere rather than deliberately restrictive licensing. I haven't looked closely at what comes with XDK so I'm not sure what components are used.

Re: Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 26, 2013, 9:58 AM UTC

RyanZAG wrote: post #5

If you're curious why Intel is making an HTML5 IDE and what their goals are, you can check out this blog post: http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/blogs/why-intel-xdk-ne...

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