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Posted at 10:35am on 09 Jun 2008
Objective-J
Interesting new JavaScript-based technology from an outfit calling themselves 280 North:
Objective-J is basically an implementation of Objective-C language constructs on top of the JavaScript language (Objective-C is the native language used by the Mac OS X application runtime – kind of like .NET for Mac OS).
On top of this language they have basically re-implemented the Cocoa GUI framework as a web-based technology (they call it Cappuccino – they're evidently not tea drinkers). Their flagship application using this system is a web-based slideshow authoring program called 280 slides, which has already been compared favourably to the Macintosh Keynote program (Apple's competitor to Powerpoint).
There's an interview with 280 North here
You can play with 280 Slides here
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