Comment by bxr | Hacker News Reader

Comment by bxr | Hacker News Reader

I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. It may not be the tool that replaces the current html/css set, it doesn't even have any mention of how javascript fits in, but its very encouraging to see that it is getting worked on. We do need to replace them, and playing with things like axr is a start.

Our current web programming stack is a depressing, ugly hacked together kludge with painfully limited capabilities, even how HTTP fits in needs to be examined, it has its place but it can't remain the only option. Websockets are a solution to a problem that doesn't have to exist. I have nothing against the fact that we're wedging more and more into technology that it was never designed for, but the seams have been showing for quite some time how.

It does indeed use JavaScript. Sorry about not being more clear about it in the spec, but that's a part we're still working on.

It will feature a completely new DOM, integrating the properties of the HSS side and the JS ones all into one. Functions and code will be executed by setting something like this:

myElement

{

   behavior: @click {

      action: @javascript {"

         //your code goes here

      "}

   };

}

But that's not the usual way one would use this, instead one would do:

//define the click handler

@click myClickHandler {

   action: @javascript {"

      //your code goes here

   "}

}

//assign the handler to your object

myElement { behavior: myClickHandler; }

This way, you can see how it will be reusable, and your javascript can be assigned inside of any preset that you may create and apply, instead of selecting the element again from inside javascript in another file.

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