When you think of Javascript, you generally think of the web. But Javascript is used in many different places other than cyberspace. So if you are curious about trying out Javascript in a new environment, check out these guides.
Apple / Yahoo widgets both utilize (X)HTML and Javascript for creating simple mini-applications that users can access on their desktop. Both fun and functional.
Sony's popular video editing program, Vegas, has had scripting support since version 4.0. Using a Javascript syntax, developers can add their own functionality to the program to do several repetitive tasks with the click of a button, for example.
Adobe has a host of applications that incorporate scripting support.
Know of any other applications that use Javascript and have good guides for getting started? Post them in the comments.
Javascript outside of the browser
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(Page 1)2. Fireworks extensions are in ECMAScript, each document has a DOM.
Posted at 9:37PM on Aug 7th 2006 by Steve Clay
3. Not technically javascript, but jscript is used by windows scripting host. Anybody with Windows XP can double click on files with a .js extension. The object model is quite simple to understand, and the whole operating system can be scripted. The Windows Management Instrumentation extension enables system administrators to find out and change almost anything on their network. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/scriptinga.asp
Posted at 1:11PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Michiel van der Blonk
4. Perceptive Software's ImageNow has iScript, which is an ECMAScript implementation.
http://www.imagenow.com/products/extensions/iscript.shtml
Posted at 2:38PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Joe W
5. Jscript is Javascript. Or rather, Microsoft's "Jscript " implementation of the ECMAScript standard is as close as Netscape's original "Javascript" (pre-standard) implementation was.
Anyway, Javascript in WSH can do most anything a Windows app can, and often with much less effort. ADSI would be another big object model (besides WMI) which makes it rather interesting in an IT mgmt setting.
1. Whitebeam uses JavaScript. It's still a web-technology, but it's server-side. It allows you to uses all your client-side skills to write server-side applications. It uses the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine from Mozilla - the same one that's used in the Firefox browser. The home-page has some links to overview documentation and comparisons with other technologies such as PHP. http://www.whitebeam.org
Posted at 3:54AM on Aug 7th 2006 by Peter Wilson