Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS

(github.com)

49 points | by arbayi 2 hours ago

4 comments

  • bertili 2 hours ago

    Not apparent at first, but this is a TypeScript to c++ compiler at the core (https://github.com/geastack/compiler), with bindings for various platforms.

    • zerr 1 hour ago

      What do they use for graphics and audio?

      • zero_shift 27 minutes ago

        It's not clear at first glance, but given (1) the apps are written in JavaScript (2) the project has repos for different OS native bindings, my bet is some kind of embedded JavaScript engine that just calls through to OS native widets

        • dashersw 1 hour ago

          Each platform has its native bindings. For graphics, you write CSS and HTML canvas API as well as JSX, it renders to native components and their alignments, the canvas API is converted to native surfaces, whatever the platform uses.

          • zerr 1 hour ago

            I mean, is it OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal? etc...

        • sublinear 2 hours ago

          Ah this is for embedded apps. Pretty neat!

        • tarcon 1 hour ago

          "The earlier implementation could not be driven to zero of them, because boxing was load-bearing in its emitter"

          In the docs of the repo of their TS to C++ compiler. https://github.com/geastack/compiler