Anyway - the planned release date for JNEXT 1.0.8 is sometime during the begining of May - however if you wish to see the latest source, install bazaar (available for Windows, Linux & OS/X) and from the command line execute
bzr branch http://jnext.org/src jnextwhich will download the latest version of the code to a folder named jnext
The latest source code runs all the plugins on all 3 platforms.
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( 3 / 1004 )I've been busy cleaning up the JNEXT framework for release 1.0.8 - the main change is the support for OS/X and organizing the source code so that all the existing plugins are self contained (i.e the source will also include any external library sources a plugin depends on, which is the case with the SQLite3 JNEXT extension).
Its a slow process since it involves double checking that everything complies and runs without a problem on Windows, Linux and Mac OS/X
The screen shot below illustrates accessing an SQLite 3 database from Javascript with the JNEXT SQLite3 extension on Mac OS/X from both Safari and Firefox.
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This is just the beginning - I'm really excited to think about all the applications just waiting to be written with JNEXT. I've had my share of UI development, and nothing comes close to the speed of creating applications this way... :-)
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( 3 / 995 )Finally jNext for Mac OS/X is working on both Safari and Firefox. I'd first like to express my gratitude to Nir Soffer the Mac expert, for providing a scriptable NPAPI sample that works on both browsers. Below is a screen shot of the jNext FileReader extension running on both Safari and Firefox:
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I've been holding back on releasing new jNext extensions since I wanted to first complete support for jNext on all the major OS platforms. Now that this is complete, prepare to see a whole lot of powerful extensions unleashed during the course of the next few weeks :-)
P.S. The formal release of jNext with the Mac OS/X support (1.0.8) is planned within the next few days.
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( 3 / 989 )Despite my earlier statement, each day I try to scrape another hour or two to work on JNEXT (I am trying to get by on less sleep, which reminds me of the old joke of the farmer who tried to get his horse used to eating less...)
Anyway, I'm focusing my energies on getting a Mac OS/X (Intel) NPAPI plugin (npruntime to be exact) version working with Safari and Firefox. Although the documentation and number of working samples for scriptable plugins on the Mac is pathetic, after lots of experimenting and trial and (mostly) error, there seems to be enough info for me to combine all the pieces together into a working plugin.
Getting the plumbing working on different platforms has never been one of my favorite development pastimes - personally I find everything that requires a lot of guesswork and trying different stuff until you find something that works quite boring. I guess that's why I never enjoyed adventure games or reverse engineering. For me the creative juices start flowing only after the OS specific plumbing has been completed - and that is why I'm full of anticipation to start implementing new and exciting JNEXT plugins once the Mac port is done.
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( 3 / 951 )Too many other important tasks have been piling up which means I have to let go of JNEXT for a bit. My hope is to complete the Mac OS/X port and add some very useful plugins + a quick financial analysis sample after I get back to it. If anyone wishes to continue the Mac port from the point I left it at, then feel free to contact me (though I'm not holding my breath...)
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