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Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript?

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Evertjan. wrote:

> jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote on 15 jul 2014 in comp.lang.javascript:
> 
>> I want to change my HTML code running in window and forms into native
>> ecma/javascript to be able to make compiled applications similar to VB,
>> rather then run scripts in HTML windows. 
>>
>> Is it possible?
> 
> Javascript engines as such need an external environment, like the DOM,
> to interface with the user in a GUI, [a graphical user interface].
> 
> You can use javascript in MS-Wscript to execute your code in a CLI,
> [a command line interface], using writeln, alert, prompt, standardIn and 
> standardOut. 
> 
> Probably there are other environments accommodating Javscript,
> I don't think they will be as general as you want.

I have no experience with JavaScript GUI development, but it seems there
are several GUI modules available for Node.js:
<https://nodejsmodules.org/tags/gui>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 06:31 -0700
  Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 07:42 -0700
  Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-15 17:14 +0200
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 08:30 -0700
      Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-15 17:47 +0200
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2014-07-15 18:14 +0200
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-07-15 18:51 +0200
  Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 08:18 -0700
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-15 17:25 +0200
      Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 08:37 -0700
        Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-15 17:52 +0200
          Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 09:18 -0700
            Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-15 18:06 +0100
              Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 10:53 -0700
              Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 11:06 -0700
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            Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 09:44 -0700
  Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-07-15 10:25 -0700
  Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? recompile@gmail.com - 2014-07-15 17:27 -0700
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-07-15 17:47 -0700
    Re: Window and form support in ecma/javascript? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-07-16 05:52 -0700
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