Tuesday, February 12, 2013

JavaScript becoming default language for GNOME apps - The H Open: News and Features

JavaScript becoming default language for GNOME apps - The H Open: News and Features: "After a long discussion weighing the arguments for and against several languages, the developers apparently decided on JavaScript, as it is already well supported in GNOME 3 by virtue of the fact that the desktop's GNOME Shell interface uses it to implement its user interface. Reitter also points to ongoing work to make JavaScript better supported as a first class desktop development language. GNOME's JavaScript plans are informed in part by how the language is used for similar purposes in Windows 8, Firefox OS and other systems, and that, the team hopes, will make it easier for developers who are new to GNOME to work with it."

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