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Tue, 07/08/2008 - 12:25 — charlie.collins

SproutCore, a Cocoa inspired Ajax framework that uses Ruby, is pretty impressive at first glance - and it's apparently Apple's choice for web apps.

I don't know much about it, but I still find it hard to believe that anyone is going to be able to compete with GWT (or more appropriately the GWT approach) in terms of ease of development, re-use capability, and performance.

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Tue, 07/08/2008 - 12:44 — invalidname

Saw this at WWDC

I just happened to check out the SproutCore session at WWDC and came away impressed. In fact, I was IM'ing Cooper about it during the session. I haven't used GWT and therefore have no basis for comparison, but I was impressed by the high-level abstractions they use, as well as the aggressive use of modern browser features, particularly CSS transforms.

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 13:29 — Shaffer (not verified)

I've been looking at it for

I've been looking at it for the last couple of weeks and yep, it's slick and everything. Kind of like a super-deluxe version of Ruby on Rails (not being a huge RoR guy admittedly). But the bottom line is that now you're crafting your code in at least 2 syntaxes (Ruby and Javascript) and if you have anything interesting on the server, you're likely working in a third. You can't beat GWT in that area... I will say that Google should take a look at their visual style and their default look...it's quite stunning.

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 17:31 — Charlie (not verified)

More SproutCore

Getting a LOT of press with the mac deal, also on a few podcasts: one that I find very informative for developer stuff, and one that I generally find very misinformed for developer stuff (but right on target for general mach tech journalism stuff) - you guess which is which (I haven't listened to either of these episodes yet, those judgements are based on past shows).

http://twit.tv/mbw94
http://ajaxian.com/archives/audible-ajax-episode-27-sproutcore-with-char...

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