[fpc-pascal] First pas2js public release

[Ingemar Ragnemalm]

This is great news, something that I have been longing for for years! 
There have been some related efforts but none that really solved my 
problem. Best Christmas present this year!

After some initial fiddling, I realized that there was a misspelling in 
the wiki, and Hello World worked once I use -Jirtl.js rather than 
-jirtl.js. And then I got some of the provided demos running too and 
managed to write one of my own. So it looks good!

Here is an early result, expressing my feelings for this release:

http://ragnemalm.se/images/santa/santa.html

I couldn't get sound working, but otherwise it seems to work as it 
should! (I hope it does for the rest of you.)

/Ingemar

Den 2017-12-17 kl. 12:00, skrev Michael Van Canneyt:
> From: Michael Van Canneyt<michael at freepascal.org>
> To: FPC mailing list<fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>,  FPC
> 	development mailing list<fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>,  Lazarus
> 	mailing list<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org>
> Subject: [fpc-pascal] First pas2js public release
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>
> Hello fellow Pascal enthousiasts,
>
> It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce the first publicly
> available version of pas2js. A "beta" version, version 0.8.39.
> The endpoint (for the time being) of nearly 10 years of (slow) development.
>
> pas2js is a Object Pascal to Javascript transpiler. It compiles Object
> pascal, and emits Javascript. The javascript is usable in the browser, and
> in Node.js.
>
> It is open source, and part of FPC/Lazarus.
> This makes Free Pascal a full-stack development environment for Web Development:
> You can use it to program the server and the browser alike, all from within
> the environment you love so much:)
>
> What does pas2js include ?
> --------------------------
>
> * On the language level:
>
> It supports basically Delphi 7 syntax, interfaces excepted.
> Naturally, any memory pointer operation is not possible in Javascript.
> Code that relies on this will not work.
>
> This is just the first version, we of course want to add the same language
> features that exist in Delphi and FPC today.
>
> * On the runtime level:
>
> Beside the compiler itself, there is a basic Object Pascal RTL,
> and several units from the FPC Packages are also available:
>
> system
> sysutils
> Math
> strutils
> rtlconst
> classes
> contnrs
> DB (yes, TDataset)
> fpcunit testsuite
> custapp
> restconnection
> js (javascript system objects)
> web (browser provided objects)
> libjquery (jquery is available too)
> nodejs (basic node runtime environment)
> typeinfo
> objpas
> browserconsole (support for writeln)
> dateutils
> browserapp
> nodejsapp
>
> * Debugging:
>
> Obviously, the browser debugger can be used to debug the Javascript.
> But there is more: the compiler can emit a source map, and this means that
> if the browser finds the source file, it will display the original source
> file instead of the javascript. You can debug Object pascal in the browser.
>
> * Demoes ?
>
> The package has several demoes, including FPReport, TDataset, JQuery and
> Bootstrap.
>
> * Documentation  ?
>
> As befits an open source project, docs are lagging behind :/
>
> But a WIKI page has been started, it will be expanded as time permits:
>
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/pas2js
>
> * Sources ?
>
> The pas2js compiler sources and RTL sources have been checked in in FPC's
> subversion repository. The page describes where to find it in SVN.
>
> * Binaries ?
>
> A snapshot is available:
> http://www.freepascal.org/~michael/pas2js/pas2js-demo-0.8.39.zip
>
> * Reporting bugs ?
>
> The FPC bugtracker has now a 'pas2js' project, it can be used to report
> bugs.
>
> * Can you help ?
>
> Yes, of course. There is still a lot of work to be done.
> Feel free to contact me or Mattias Gaertner with questions.
>
> What about Lazarus ?
> --------------------
>
> Lazarus "understands" the extensions to object pascal (for importing Javascript
> classes) that were borrowed from the JVM version of the compiler, so the
> code completion will continue to work.
>
> Using the pre-compiler command, CTRL-F9 just works. On error, you will be
> shown the error location etc.
>
> Further and deeped integration of pas2js into lazarus is expected.
> In the first place, IDE integration.
> Later on, a real widget set for the browser can (and hopefully will) be created.
>
> But that is not all !
> ---------------------
>
> In the very near future, a major Delphi component vendor will announce a
> complete package for RAD web development in the Delphi IDE.
> The expectation is that later on, the exact same components will be usable
> in Lazarus. In essence, the component developer has created a complete browser
> widgetset. More than 100 controls are available.
>
> Using this, you can design a web application as you design a desktop app;
> Fully RAD, as you are used to. But even more, you can bind controls on a
> form to existing tags in a web page, thus preserving the style in the web page.
>
> The first demoes for a selected audience have evoked very positive feedback
> indeed.
>
> All this is based on pas2js.
>
> As soon as I receive permission, I will announce here where it becomes
> available.
>
> Lastly!
> -------
>
> On a more personal note, I wish to explicitly thank Mattias Gaertner for finally
> finishing what has been started a long time ago.
>
> Without him, none of this would have been possible.
>
> The same is true for Detlef Overbeek, editor of Blaise Pascal magazine,
> without his moral and financial help, it would have taken many more years to
> finish this.
>
> It is - for me - a long standing dream finally come true.
>
> Enjoy !
>
> Michael.

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