280 Slides Site translates Objective-C to Javascript

http://www.xxeo.com/archives/2008/06/05/new-web-site-in-objective-c-via-javascript.html

by drudru11 • 18 years ago

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9oliYQjP2• 18 years ago

I'd rather use Keynote. Sounds like the site was put together by people that don't actually do presentations. Are they aware just how crappy hotel/convention room Internet tends to be? The very last thing I want to do when standing in front of an audience is rely on resources that are not on my laptop.

The Obj-C to JS stuff is a neat gimmick though. It's cool and impresses the geek in me, but unless there is some bigger strategy to it (e.g., making the framework into a true Cocoa clone so desktop apps can be repurposed for the web) then I'm not sure if it's any better than just using existing frameworks (although I'm sure the programmers who did the site are much more proficient in Obj-C so it helps their efficiencies there).

shaunxcode• 18 years ago

They export to powerpoint so you can have your local copy as well as being able to give access to your attendees when they are on the net. I know google does this too but I am just saying it's not like they are trying to tie you into only having access to your presentation via their website.

zain• 18 years ago

What's the point of using 280Slides if you're just going to save it to disk as a PPT presentation? Why not just make it in PPT in the first place?

tlrobinson• 18 years ago

You've uncovered our secret sauce :)

goodkarma• 18 years ago

I overheard PG talking about this at Startup School and I have been looking forward to it since. I'm excited to hear they will be open sourcing their framework in the future..

drudru11• 18 years ago

where is the mention of them open sourcing the framework?

alaskamiller• 18 years ago

they mentioned they would open source objective-j when i spoke with them at the reception

bayareaguy• 18 years ago

For the past few years I've avoided anything having to do with Javascript. I just can't stand it. But I've always liked Objective-C (although how Brad "superdistribution" Cox ever thought it made sense to try and sell a proprietary compiler when g++ was free is beyond me but I digress).

If this thing really works and does a good job of encapsulating the browser-specific stuff, I'll definitely use it.

jamongkad• 18 years ago

This is what inspires me to start hacking my Ruby to PHP interpreter.

kraemate• 18 years ago

Does it convert the presentation to any other format other than pptx? ODP? or even the old ppt format?

280 Slides Site translates Objective-C to Javascript

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