Re: [Rails-devel] [18xx] Rails

[John A. T. <ja...@ja...>]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:

> I could also start working towards a version that would allow on-line play
> in some form or shape. As we already have a complete graphical interface
> programmed in Java, the simplest approach might be to split the existing
> system in a client and a server part (in fact, I already have been gradually
> working towards such a split for the last 2 years, but it is far from done).
> For the user interface this could lead to either a Java client program, to
> be installed on local PCs, or a Java applet, that could be accessed over the
> Web. However, Java applets are notorious for their long download and
> initialization times, so I don't know if working with such an applet would
> be an appealing foresight for many people.
>   
Another option is Google Web Toolkit for the client side.  You can't 
take the existing UI code and port it, but you can write in a familiar 
style and then have the GWT compiler translate it to Javascript to run 
in the browser.  Now applets to download, no requirement to have Java 
installed, etc.  If you are interested in further discussion about it, I 
would be happy to fill in the details as I work on it for Google.

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