Javascript support - ICE ideal platform / node.js

[flangel]

Dear ZeroC team,

I was wondering what your opinion is on Javascript support in ZeroC. With the increasing adoption rate of Javascript on the server, I see JS as the ideal language to make ICE a true internet communication platform.

With the new HTML5 websocket feature becoming widely available in IE, Chrome and Firefox, ICE could play a critical role in creating and powering next generation internet applications:

By supporting JS on top of websocket, ZeroC could support the following architectures:

- HTML5 client (JS and websocket) talking to any ICE server. JS code would be generated based on Slice definition.

- ICE server implemented in JS on top of node.js. By supporting JS on the server, ICE servers could easily and quickly be written in JS. The ubiquitousness of JS would help the market penetration of ZeroC.

Any feedback would be appreciated
Best
Frank

[swaj]

God I would love this. As it sits now, I'll probably have to write a simple web service in Ruby or Python, but if we could get ZeroC Ice working in Node.js, it would save me so much time. Keep up the good work, guys.

[kwaclaw]

Dear ZeroC team,

I was wondering what your opinion is on Javascript support in ZeroC. With the increasing adoption rate of Javascript on the server, I see JS as the ideal language to make ICE a true internet communication platform.

With the new HTML5 websocket feature becoming widely available in IE, Chrome and Firefox, ICE could play a critical role in creating and powering next generation internet applications:

By supporting JS on top of websocket, ZeroC could support the following architectures:

- HTML5 client (JS and websocket) talking to any ICE server. JS code would be generated based on Slice definition.

- ICE server implemented in JS on top of node.js. By supporting JS on the server, ICE servers could easily and quickly be written in JS. The ubiquitousness of JS would help the market penetration of ZeroC.

Any feedback would be appreciated
Best
Frank

Although I am not a JavaScript fan (especially not on the server), I agree that ICE for client side JS could be a rather significant market for ZeroC, especially since Microsoft now also puts some emphasis on HTML5/JS clients. This would make more sense than supporting ActionScript.

Karl