Question

I am planning to use yui or jquery ui as front end for native c++ applications. I found no bindings present for this purpose. Will it be feasible/possible to do this ? If it is so, then how shall i proceed? please suggest advice.thanks

Answer 1

@rwik – I can see your point and desire to do what you intend and I would presume it to be a wise move to be making at this point in time considering the vast facilities browsers bring to the table as well as other aspects… I know we are in September now and I have come across this pretty late, but this is also for others who have a similar problem…

As far as I know, descending from JavaScript in to C++ is pretty murky, mostly due to the heterogenous nature of Javascript engines [Rhino, Tracemonkey, Spidermonkey, V8, Caracan,Charka, etc] employed by different browsers. But there are indeed ways to do this – depending on how dirty you want to get your hands and, indeed, on your abilities…

If you were to go with Google as a browser, you should take a look at projects such as cproxyv8 – http://code.google.com/p/cproxyv8/ or v8-juice – http://code.google.com/p/v8-juice/ which both offer interesting facilities…

My preference however is with Mozilla – simply because of XML User-Interface Language (XUL) which, if you do not know, allows you to speedily create your own user interfaces by giving direct access to its layout engine. I.e., you can even do away with the browser look and have your own independent layout while still having all browser facilities at your disposal.

With respect to C++/Javascript interaction – projects should exist for all alternatives – it pays to check.

I wish you good luck if you haven’t already solved this problem.