Node powered desktop apps

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Prototypes show two concrete paths for JavaScript desktop apps: one using static GTK bindings or better yet GObject introspection to generate dynamic FFI bindings so native widgets are driven from Node, and another embedding WebKit as a webview + websocket (sock.io) front end with Node doing file I/O and RPC. Code exists (a Node C extension and a TopCute/Eno demo using Ace editor), runs on Linux, hits real issues like segfaults and lack of inspect tools but demonstrably works.

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1. 0:00Node desktop apps intro
2. 1:03JavaScript for desktop evolution
3. 3:07GTK bindings in JavaScript
4. 5:56Dynamic GTK bindings via GObject
5. 6:40Demo: JS-powered GTK editor
6. 8:25WebKit GTK for Node.js
7. 9:12Node.js desktop app with WebKit
8. 11:20Why JavaScript for tools
9. 12:02UI toolkit community preferences

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