[Lazarus] Let's make a web browser

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Fri May 18 12:09:08 CEST 2018



On Fri, 18 May 2018, Anthony Walter via Lazarus wrote:

> This is an open source set of controls I am working on which will be
> released soon on gtihub. The browser is based on the wekbit engine, and
> it's accompanied by a collection of native controls and other code to make
> working with related materials easy/easier.
>
> A related portion I am working on in parallel is an interface to the webkit
> javascript core engine. Although it is in a separate package, the jsc tools
> I am working on provide the ability to intermix pascal code and javascript
> in your applications. But also, you can use the jsc tools to take to talk
> your application from inside a webpage, and your application can call
> javascript to interact with a webpage.
>
> Or, you can not use a web browser at all, and just work with javascript
> inside your pascal apps.
>
> Stay tuned. If you want to help me test or give me feedback (forum linked
> below) on some demo ideas or the programming interface (code design) before
> I publish, let me know.

Great news !

It means we can create native embedded pas2js applications: 
a "Phonegap" (think cordova, native react etc.) like approach for lazarus ! 
This is going to be heaps of fun... :)

Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing the final product :)

Michael.


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