Apple, SproutCore, and Coherent
Date : 2008 06 25 Category : Tech & Development
AjaxianI heard from a little birdy that Apple is going to be doing some interesting things with respect to JavaScript libraries.
Recently there has been a lot of buzz around SproutCore / Mobile Me, Objective-J / 280 Slides and remember the Coherent Cocoa Databinding framework?
I think that Apple took note of the recent buzz, and it was at that point (not before) that execs suddenly saw that they really had. They have taken control of Coherent where "it could become the Cocoa library for JavaScript and is made available under a similar license to Cocoa and Cocoa-Touch."
I am also sure that there have been talks about the other frameworks too. If I was Apple, I would combine these worlds, get the developers together, and produce something really killer, using the great HTML5 support and features that WebKit is running with.
Update
Jeff Watkins, the author of Coherent, has posted about the change:
I originally started developing Coherent back in 2005 because I wanted to use Cocoa for my Web applications, but Cocoa was only available for Mac applications. If there had been a Web version of Cocoa, I never would have begun developing Coherent.
I’ve long felt Apple would provide the best environment for Coherent, and since I joined the company last year, I’ve been thrilled that we’ve been able to use Coherent in a number of projects.
Today, I am delighted to announce that I have assigned ownership of the Coherent library to Apple. Naturally, I can't speak for my employer regarding what future products might include this library, but I can say my hope is that this will ultimately make Coherent a better tool for Web developers.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Jeff Watkins
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Exciting times.
Also, Ryan Carson has posted on why he thinks these technologies are a huge deal.