Smalltalk & Javascript

Hi all ;-)

I'm pretty new to Squeak, and am just trying to assess what I can do.
I know there's a web browser for Squeak, but I was wondering if there
is any way to handle Javascript in this environment at all? It seems
not... is there a reason for that? I would love to run GoogleMaps from
within the Squeak environment. If it is not implemented, what would it
take to get it done?

Cheers,

ikem.star
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You have to write a javascript interpreter - lots of work.

On Nov 3, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Ikem Nzeribe wrote:

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Hi Ikem,

I believe you are looking for Seaside.  Seaside supports Ajax.  Have a look
at www.seaside.st .  You get all the JavaScript you want plus more!  

Hmm, I was just reading your email more carefully.  So to be clear this
would give you the ability to use an external browser to access a Squeak
Server running Seaside.  That browser can then access squeak, render
widgets, windows, google maps...  

You can "embed" an external browser into squeak by using a RFB window
running in Squeak, but this only gives you VNC like capabilities (which
means you need to have a browser running on a server for each connection).  

There is also Dan's work which allows you to run squeak in JavaScript:
http://news.squeak.org/2007/10/05/dans-the-man-check-out-dan-ingalls-work-sq
ueak-in-javascript/

but again this may be opposite of what you are asking.  If indeed you need
to control Google maps on a widget in Squeak you might have to write the
conversation yourself.  

Oh and I found this, but I've never used it so your mileage may vary.
http://www.squeaksource.com/ST2JS.html 

Happy Coding!

Ron Teitelbaum
President / Principal Software Engineer
US Medical Record Specialists
www.USMedRec.com

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Actually, there is one in OMeta if I'm informed correctly. And "lots  
of work" depends on your tools, that implementation of js is rumored  
to be incredibly small.

- Bert -

On Nov 4, 2007, at 3:55 , Todd Blanchard wrote:

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Yeah, but you still have to implement the standard DOM and integrate  
it into the interpreter - still lots of work.

On Nov 4, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Actually, there is one in OMeta if I'm informed correctly. And "lots
> of work" depends on your tools, that implementation of js is rumored
> to be incredibly small.
>
> - Bert -
>
Smalltalk/X includes a Javascript to Smalltalk bytecode compiler.  I
don't know if they have a DOM or what the license is but it would be
worth looking at if one wanted to implement such a thing...

David

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