Amongst the samples included with Delphi, you can find a “Meteors” clone. With SmartMobileStudio approaching the next beta milestone, I gave it a run at compiling old Delphi code, VCL, TCanvas-based, that was never intended to run Web-side… but now does! Click here or the image below to test it!
DWS compiler and execution engine are reaching very nice maturity levels, meaning they can be used to compile & execute code interactively, for instance to edit a web page, which mixes HTML, CSS, server-side dynamic Object Pascal content generation and client-side Object-Pascal scripted content.
Small JavaScript that is. Or how to go from 350 kB down to just… 25 kB 23 kB.
Smaller JavaScript can help in up to three ways:
And smaller also means you can have far more complex applications for a given size budget.
Closures, also known as “anonymous methods” in Delphi, are now supported by DWScript for the JavaScript CodeGen, with the same syntax as in Delphi:
The compiler supports writing “asm” aka JavaScript section in the middle of Object Pascal, there are a few good practices as well as tips to keep in mind, let’s review the menu:
Jon Lennart Aasenden just posted on G+ several links to new “How do I” entries in the OP4JS Documentation:
You may also want to read Primoz Gabrijelcic’s article “First Steps with Smart Mobile Studio“.
Well, “taming” is probably too ambitious given the jungle that the Chrome Web Store is, especially as this post is restricted to publishing a standalone DWScript/JavaScript app into the Web Store in a few simple steps.
Interestingly enough, it seems that publishing Metro apps for Windows 8 will follow a similar process, according to the developer preview.
I’ll use the Flock Demo as an illustration, and turn it into a packaged app, that lives in Chrome and can be access off-line.
Click the image below for a little real-time verlet integration animation.
Here is a quick summary of the current status for the DWScript JavaScript CodeGen, aka OP4JS.
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