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arximidis:
--- Quote from: UFO on August 09, 2013, 03:15:12 pm ---Sounds interesting... Looking forward to some beta testing with my new cab when its ready!
:))
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Thanks! I will need beta testing. After all this is the first version
I have not included some features yet.
For example you can not fast select roms by changing the letters (from A to B etc). I will include it in the next version.
However, it's html/css and javascript. Someone can include it for me. If someone does, I will need the feedback (I will publish his/her name too)
Also my custom theme works for a resolution 640x480 (due to the fact that I am using a television in my game machine).
If you have bigger resolution, then it will not cover the whole screen
Thank you
UFO:
--- Quote from: arximidis on August 09, 2013, 03:36:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: UFO on August 09, 2013, 03:15:12 pm ---Sounds interesting... Looking forward to some beta testing with my new cab when its ready!
:))
--- End quote ---
Thanks! I will need beta testing. After all this is the first version
I have not included some features yet.
For example you can not fast select roms by changing the letters (from A to B etc). I will include it in the next version.
However, it's html/css and javascript. Someone can include it for me. If someone does, I will need the feedback (I will publish his/her name too)
Also my custom theme works for a resolution 640x480 (due to the fact that I am using a television in my game machine).
If you have bigger resolution, then it will not cover the whole screen
Thank you
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I wouldn't be expecting a completed package arximidis, but it sounds like you've put a lot of work in so far.
I would be glad to offer help and constructive criticism - should you require any.
I have a background in design and a keen eye for detail.
By all means let me know if you need some help ... :cheers:
OxACE:
This is an excellent idea! There are numerous HTML/CSS/JavaScript fluent folks out there and there are many frameworks to leverage. Their numbers would help ensure the project could be maintained. It looks like there was some discussion of an IE/Windows-centric program, but you could easily create a very nice cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) front-end with these technologies.
There is currently a lot of work being put into performance improvements in JavaScript. In fact it very well may approach native speeds soon, as was done with Java and just in time (JIT) compilation. The Google V8 engine is rather prominent for Node.js work on the server-side (http://code.google.com/p/v8/)
There is also App.js being developed to work better with desktop applications. It might be as relevant to your project as V8.
From: https://github.com/appjs/appjs
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AppJS
AppJS is an SDK to develop desktop applications using Node.js melded with Chromium. With AppJS you can develop desktop tools and applications using the same libraries and knowledge used to build websites. You get all the following in one package:
JS, HTML5, CSS, SVG, WebGL provided by Chromium
mature http/https servers and client APIs - Node
filesystem, dns, cryptography, subprocesses, OS APIs - Node
sandboxed code execution environements virtual machines - Node
tools for exposing native C++ bindings to JavaScript- Node
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There is even a V8-GL project integrating OpenGL with V8 for desktop apps.
http://drawlogic.com/2009/06/21/v8-gl-hardware-accelerated-desktop-apps-with-opengl-in-javascript/
Again, very interesting.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the most compelling -- node-webkit -- at https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
arximidis:
--- Quote from: OxACE on August 09, 2013, 07:37:13 pm ---This is an excellent idea! There are numerous HTML/CSS/JavaScript fluent folks out there and there are many frameworks to leverage. Their numbers would help ensure the project could be maintained. It looks like there was some discussion of an IE/Windows-centric program, but you could easily create a very nice cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) front-end with these technologies.
There is currently a lot of work being put into performance improvements in JavaScript. In fact it very well may approach native speeds soon, as was done with Java and just in time (JIT) compilation. The Google V8 engine is rather prominent for Node.js work on the server-side (http://code.google.com/p/v8/)
There is also App.js being developed to work better with desktop applications. It might be as relevant to your project as V8.
From: https://github.com/appjs/appjs
---------------------------------------------
AppJS
AppJS is an SDK to develop desktop applications using Node.js melded with Chromium. With AppJS you can develop desktop tools and applications using the same libraries and knowledge used to build websites. You get all the following in one package:
JS, HTML5, CSS, SVG, WebGL provided by Chromium
mature http/https servers and client APIs - Node
filesystem, dns, cryptography, subprocesses, OS APIs - Node
sandboxed code execution environements virtual machines - Node
tools for exposing native C++ bindings to JavaScript- Node
---------------------------------------------
There is even a V8-GL project integrating OpenGL with V8 for desktop apps.
http://drawlogic.com/2009/06/21/v8-gl-hardware-accelerated-desktop-apps-with-opengl-in-javascript/
Again, very interesting.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the most compelling -- node-webkit -- at https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
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Thanks for all the info and your nice words. That is the whole idea. I am counting on the HTML/CSS/JavaScript fluent folks out there :)
I am working on creating a multiplatform app, for the next version
However, the first version will only run on windows
P.S. Now I know why I wasn not able to render html5 files. To do so you must include the meta command
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9" /> inside your head section. That will tell to the system to render html files with IE9 standards -> and that means html5. I have test it and it works!!!
However for the first version I comment out this line, because I must do some changes to the css file. I will do them some other time (or maybe some does it for me :)
Tomorrow I will upload the first vewrsion. No funcy tutorials though (at least for now)
UFO:
Cool ... looking forward to seeing it! :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: