By treitter - February 2nd,
Answering the question: "How do I develop an app for GNOME?"Our decision is to support JavaScript as the first class language for GNOME application development. This means:
We will
continue to write documentation for other languages, but we will also prioritize JavaScript when deciding what to work on.
We will encourage new applications be written in JavaScript.
We will be working to optimize the developer workflow around JavaScript.
C will remain the recommended language for system libraries.
Why JavaScript? Our language of choice needs to be dynamic and high level.
There is already momentum in the GNOME Project for JavaScript -- it's used in GNOME Shell and GNOME Documents.
There's a lot of work going into the language to make it especially fast, embeddable, and framework-agnostic.
JavaScript is increasingly being seen as a first class desktop programming language -- it us being used in Windows 8, mobile platforms, and for local web applications.
JavaScript is self-contained -- it doesn't come with its own set of core libraries, which makes it more convenient for us when integrating it into the platform.
This is the start of a process and there's obviously a lot of work ahead of us. However, prioritizing a single language will enable us to turn GNOME into a compelling platform for application developers in a much more effective and efficient manner.
http://treitter.livejournal.com/14871.html
