Dart – will Google make HTML5 applications viable?
Colin Eberhardt, September 11th, 2011
Just a few weeks ago I wrote a blogpost “Can Microsoft ‘fix’ JavaScript and make HTML5 applications viable?”, where I described some of the issues with JavaScript and how these could be solved by Microsoft if they wrote a C# to JavaScript compiler. Just a couple of days ago it was announced that Google have [...]
Closure Library on the Server
Steven Hall, September 16th, 2010
Over the past few months I’ve been using the Closure Library to create my own JavaScript library that carries out some graphical processing. This is done entirely in JavaScript, using Closure’s graphics package. An important factor in the development of this library was compatibility. I wanted assurance that, no matter what browser the user hit [...]
Integrating Closure Tools with Maven
Steven Hall, September 10th, 2010
Apache Maven is a popular build management tool that we use at Scott Logic to handle our internal projects. When I began using the Closure Tools, integrating the Compiler into the Maven build process became an important task.
Introducing.. Closure Tools
Steven Hall, September 6th, 2010
In November 2009, Google released their previously internal Closure Tools package, consisting of the Closure Library, Compiler and Templates, to the open-source community with the intention of allowing users to create web applications as advanced as their own. Initially considered a “20% project” for a selection of Google employees, the popularity of the Closure Tools has [...]