Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS

(github.com)

49 points | by arbayi 3 hours ago ago

10 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 2 hours ago

    What do they use for graphics and audio?

    • zero_shift 16 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 2 hours 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 an hour ago

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

  • sublinear 2 hours ago

    Ah this is for embedded apps. Pretty neat!

  • tarcon 2 hours 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