Comments on: DJAX: Language on top of JavaScript

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:38:00 +0000

Hi Hamish :)
Well I like flashy animation showing how concept can be use in real life :)
It surely not easy to emulate Thread so I’ll surely take a look at your work :D

Best luck !

By: Andy Kant

Andy Kant — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:59:42 +0000

Nice demo, a little lag time every so often in Firefox but it seems you’re aware of that. Good luck.

By: Aaron N.

Aaron N. — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:35:46 +0000

This reminds me of haxe: http://haxe.org

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:20:29 +0000

This is a little confusing…

djax : Django Ajax library
http://code.google.com/p/djax/

Somebody should’ve googled before choosing a name.

By: Dougal Matthews

Dougal Matthews — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:26:50 +0000

I like flashing demos :P hehe.

it looks cool, but i found it a little jumpy in firefox too… trying IE now.

By: Hamish Friedlander

Hamish Friedlander — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:51:13 +0000

Sorry, maybe I misread your question. Currently the translator is command line only. There isn’t a GUI you can use just by double-clicking on the file.

By: Hamish Friedlander

Hamish Friedlander — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:45:21 +0000

This isn’t really the place to discuss it, but yes. djax –help should give you a list of options. “djax *.djx” will convert all .djx files into .js. “djax -x .out.js *.js” will convert all .js files into .out.js files (for converting libraries like Mochikit). “djax -o out.js out.djx” will convert just one file.
The site is a trac for a reason. Please edit it. That way other people get to see the answers too.

By: Ajax 2.0 Developer

Ajax 2.0 Developer — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:27:59 +0000

I downloaded it, but what I am supposed to do with it, to get going? I assume there is something that does the JS-compilation right (djx -> js)? I am supposed to run djax.exe?

By: Hamish Friedlander

Hamish Friedlander — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:49:06 +0000

Hurrah, I’m on ajaxian :). Let’s see if my server survives.
Nicolas: Firefox seems to have a duty cycle limit on javascript I haven’t gotten around yet – it’s much smoother on IE or Opera. The animation is simple so that the code is clear – if people _really_ want a flashy demo I’ll knock up a nicer animation.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:24:21 +0000

Nice concept .. but I remember that I’ve already another framework trying to introduce Thread already ?

Anyway, specifications seem to be amazing but I’m sceptic with the Thread demo as It freeze time by time on my machine. And the animation demo was quite simple… compare to mootools physic demo I’ve saw…

But best luck anyway ! It nice to see many growing idea outhere !