When Will Ares Start to Support Enyo?

hig

as in title

rsanchez1

From the press release detailing the open source roadmap, looks like it might land in April.

http://www.webosnation.com/hp-s-open-source-webos-roadmap

unwiredben

Yeah, we've done a bit of work on Ares 2.0, but we shifted resources to focus on Enyo 2.0 and the cross-platform strategy. Now that the main code is out, we're back to working on the widgets and building out the next generation of Ares that works with those new widgets.

nmcallister

Could you clarify the roadmap a little bit? Right now it says, "An Enyo-2-compatible version of the Enyo UI layer originally built for Enyo 1. Whereas the Enyo core is completely cross-browser, this UI layer utilizes some WebKit-specific features and therefore targets desktop and mobile WebKit environments." Does this mean the Enyo 2 version of the Enyo UI layer will also target WebKit, or is the goal of future Enyo UI layer releases to be cross-platform?

unwiredben

We're going to be releasing some widgets that are cross-browser and some that are WebKit-only.

Misj

Ares 1.0 didn't support the browser on the Touchpad; partly due to JAVA. Will I be able to use Ares 2.0 on-device? - Or will I still need a desktop browser to develop applications? - In addition...will there be an Ares-app in the catalog (I've always wondered why there wasn't)?

Also, how will Ares 2 stack up to Cappuccino's Ares-like environment called Atlas (http://280atlas.com/) ?

unwiredben

Sorry, can't go into details on Ares 2 yet.

AvonPok

Yes, Atlas is a nice approach, also the MobileNation Builder.
If Ares 2 could achieve something like that, it would be awesome.

I've one suggestion: If scripting is needed (MobileNation Builder doesn't even need that), please consider integrating CoffeeScript.
It's easier to read and code (less to code) an compiles to JavaScript.

unwiredben

CoffeeScript integration isn't currently planned, but since Ares 2 will be open-sourced, it should be easy to add.

andregarzia

Ares 2 is coming this month, right?

(can't wait!)