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Re^3: Embedding WebPerl Code Demos into Other Pages

by Anonymous Monk
on Oct 12, 2018 at 22:30 UTC ( [id://1223952]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Embedding WebPerl Code Demos into Other Pages
in thread Embedding WebPerl Code Demos into Other Pages

is that like a Java applet which is download and run in-browser client side?

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Re^4: Embedding WebPerl Code Demos into Other Pages
by LanX (Saint) on Oct 13, 2018 at 00:32 UTC
    it's a very long time since I used Java applets, so I'm not sure about that side...

    I see some similarities but also advantages.

    • you only need to have JS activated in the browser, no external add-ons/plug-ins necessary
    • once the Perl interpreter is downloaded and in the cache you won't have much start-up lack when loading new code.*
    • you can easily reuse JS libs and naturally interact with the DOM, no alien Java panel/interface.

    due to JIT compiling will JS still be much faster, but you'll be able to reuse CPAN modules inside the browser.

    Cheers Rolf
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    *) though I'm not sure if a "warm start-up" is possible without using frames.

      I agree with your points on Java applets vs. JavaScript!

      though I'm not sure if a "warm start-up" is possible without using frames

      AFAICT most of the start-up time comes from fetching the two relatively large files emperl.data (~2.5MB compressed) and emperl.wasm (~1.1MB compressed), so as long as those are cached, it should be ok, no matter if frames are used or not. Of course, caching has to be implemented correctly and enabled both on the client and on the server, e.g. a If-Modified-Since + 304 Not Modified exchange. (On Chrome Mobile loading is also fairly slow compared to Firefox Mobile, but I'm not yet sure why.)

Re^4: Embedding WebPerl Code Demos into Other Pages
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2018 at 23:02 UTC
    is that like a Java applet which is download and run in-browser client side?

    Yeah but it's way better than a Java applet because you don't have to use Java: It's a Perl app as Javascript running in a browser!

    Run Perl Everywhere!

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