native.js: JavaScript in your native mobile apps

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Claim: embed a JS engine inside native apps so logic runs in JavaScript while the UI stays fully native. Concrete tools and results: JavaScript core framework on iOS and the Mac, V8 or Rhino on other platforms, Appcelerator/Titanium and Hyperloop experiments, OpenGL/Ejecta examples. Built a native UI calculator whose logic is JavaScript and runs identically on iOS and Android, avoiding WebView startup and memory overhead, supporting multiple JSContexts and threaded parsing for faster startup.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 5:17Math with JavaScript
3. 7:51JSContext
4. 11:29Embracing our platforms
5. 13:09Titanium
6. 15:08Lua
7. 15:54The Mac Calculator

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