Coding in Livecode in the browser (with Emscripten)

[David Bovill]

So what would it take for Livecode to join this set of languages, all
running in the browser, in an open source emulator:

   - Python
   - Ruby
   - PHP
   - Sceme
   - Lua
   - Java
   - Lolcode
   - FORTH
   - Many others <http://repl.it/languages>


The languages are compiled down to Javascript using Emscripten and run
locally on you machine. So we should be able to do this with Livecode - or
Livecode server? Great for teaching.

On 16 July 2015 at 13:20, David Bovill <david at viral.academy> wrote:

> Thanks Kevin and Peter - its very useful to have a soft indication of the
> direction you are heading.
>
> So my understanding now is that Livecode Builder - being the robust
> strongly typed language that compilers like - lends to being something that
> could be run through the compiler chain you are creating to export
> Javascript. For instance a Livecode Builder library - would be the sort of
> thing that could be compiled into a Javascript library that would then be
> called by standard HTML5/Javascript on a web page. This would be the same
> as emsripten ports of other languages like perl -
> https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki/Porting-Examples-and-Demos
>
> However as your priority is to create a full export of stacks to the web -
> creating a Livecode Builder library export tool chain is something that
> we'd need to do as a community project or wait :)
>
> The one thing I would like to understand is how you would expose
> interfaces to the resulting exported JS code - are there any links to how
> you would do this / any thoughts regarding how Livecode.js exports would do
> this? Here I can see how you can expose C functions:
>
>    -
>    http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/preamble.js.html#calling-compiled-c-functions-from-javascript
>
> So my question would be how is this extended so that a handler in Livecode
> Builder is exposed?
>
>
> On 16 July 2015 at 12:02, Kevin Miller <kevin at livecode.com> wrote:
>
>> This is definitely an area we¹re looking at - its on the strategy list.
>> Just can¹t say yet whether it will be during the initial beta cycle or in
>> a v ³1.1² as it were. It will certainly be early in the evolution of this
>> technology.
>>
>> In terms of LCB, remember we designed that from the start to capable
>> (eventually) of compiling directly to JavaScript. That opens up the
>> possibility of doing some lighter weight HTML5 specific frameworks down
>> the line. Right now though as Peter said, the priority for the first
>> version is to get as much as possible of the platform we already have
>> working.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> Kevin Miller ~ kevin at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
>> LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16/07/2015 11:53, "Peter TB Brett" <peter.brett at livecode.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On 2015-07-16 11:05, David Bovill wrote:
>> >> Thanks Peter. What i am keen to get a grip on is how we can interface
>> >> Livecode exported Javascritp with existing Javascript in a web page.
>> >> Are we
>> >> going to be stuck with an isolated blob of all Livecode-Javascript in a
>> >> page? Or can I make Livecode-Javascript widget that talk to existing
>> >> pages?
>> >>
>> >> My thought would be if the core Livecode C++ engine has now been
>> >> refactored
>> >> so that the language element - separate from all the GUI and even
>> >> message
>> >> stuff - and that this bit was easy and fast to get exported - then that
>> >> would be what we need to create interface independent Javascript
>> >> libraries
>> >> - let's say a library that takes some JSON and exports some JSON with
>> >> the
>> >> webpage handling all the rest of the interactions?
>> >>
>> >> How well will these exported Livecode-Javascript apps play within a web
>> >> page - what sort of bi-directional communication is being looked at?
>> >
>> >Hi David,
>> >
>> >We're not actively working towards any of these things at the moment.
>> >*In principle*, they're all ideas that we'd love to get working!  In
>> >practice, at the moment we're just trying to get stacks to run properly,
>> >and we're going to think about branching out to these other exciting
>> >possibilities once we get towards that point.
>> >
>> >I'm personally quite keen on the idea of figuring out how to compile
>> >LiveCode Builder programs directly to JavaScript, for example!
>> >
>> >This is definitely the sort of thing that enthusiastic community members
>> >could play with, once we release the Community edition of HTML5 support.
>> >
>> >                                        Peter
>> >
>> >--
>> >Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
>> >LiveCode Engine Development Team
>> >
>> >
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