appjs - compile into single executable?

Question

I\'ve spent all night trying different tools for building cross platform desktop apps via html5 and so far appjs seems to be perfect. I\'ve only been playing around with the win

Answer 1

I was interested in the same technology almost year ago too. Also today I remembered about this problem and started to look for an answer. I'll mention that I DO NOT tried to create apps, just read the web. Here is what I've found.

Good frameworks so far:

• TideSDK - I also thought it was abandoned. If anyone knows serious apps or companies involved with this technology, let me know
• PhoneGap - I heard it's quite good, but have some flaws. Never tried. Could be interesting.
• AppJS - I came to the same conclusions. Everything is great, besides NodeJS as server. I don't like NodeJS, or maybe I don't like the idea to write business logic/server side code in Javascript language. Javascript itself is hard to maintain. And if someone tells me it's fast. OK, it is, but PyPy vs NodeJS. So it's not the case. V8 as engine for UI is great. Write UI in HTML5, JS, CSS and do server stuff at any local Python/.NET/Java/Ruby server is the best idea for me.
• There is also something like jQUery Mobile, haven't tried so far

Also I've found: Mobile Frameworks Comparison Matrix.

Still haven't found the One. Let me know if you find something interesting :)

EDIT:

CEF - Chromium Embedded Framework could be also interesting option. Someone stated AppJS is built on top of that.

EDIT

Nice categorization and few examples

Also looks promising Googles javascript apps