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Cute idea; compile C++ -> LLVM -> Javascript.

...but the problem is that relatively few business GUI applications do nothing. The front end has no purpose other than to trigger some kind of backend action, or update some database, or read some data from some source and display it.

...and that backend, non-QT code, which talks to system libraries, is never ever ever going to compile to javascript.

So other than tech-demo, what's the use case for this?

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Say no more, say no more! There is just the thing for you:

http://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt

To answer your question, I'm not sure what is the use for this, since you know, it does not compile to coffeescript /sarcasm. But in all seriousness, I did not post this to advocate it's use, but because I found it somewhat strange.

What on earth are you talking about?

I'm not dissing this project; I think the c++ to javascript compiler is really neat.

I just don't think I've ever seen any real QT applications that would compile and run with it; they all talk to databases or system services, which isn't supported.

The Emscripten use-case seems to be all about components rather than applications.

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