Building Desktop-Caliber Web Apps
summary
A JavaScript Cocoa port named Cappuccino claims desktop-class parity by shipping a new language Objective-J, CommonJS-based tooling (Jake) and a build that packs code plus images into one download via data URL/MHTML spriting — the framework core+theme measures ~350KB gzipped. Real apps exist (280 Slides, Mockingbird), Interface Builder files convert to the web (nib→sib), and Atlas packages the same code to run natively on OS X and Windows; a paid beta ships November 15.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25What is Cappuccino
- 3:42Examples
- 5:57ObjectiveJ
- 7:31CommonJ
- 13:13Cappuccino
- 17:53Data URLs
- 20:18Interface Builder
- 25:18Atlas
- 26:13Project Manager
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