Re: A Perl Web Browser Plugin

The Penguin project is an effort towards enabling Perl code to be transferred and executed over a network. I'm not sure how far along that's been developed.

Although more of a helper application rather than a plugin, I've worked on PAR-WebStart, which is a Perl implementation of Java's WebStart using PAR distributions. This doesn't have the security features of Java (save for a digital verification of the integrity of the transfer done via Module::Signature), but it does illustrate one way to launch perl applications through a browser.

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Re^2: A Perl Web Browser Plugin by zentara (Cardinal) on Dec 07, 2005 at 13:29 UTC
The Penguin Project article was interesting, and seemed to be heading in the right direction. Is it still active anywhere? Googling for it turns up alot of non-releated Penguin projects. :-) All I really want is to be able to run Tk or Gtk2 apps in a browser window, displaying network graphics and maybe a few buttons and animations. Essentially I want a free "Flash" replacement. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re^3: A Perl Web Browser Plugin by SamCG (Hermit) on Dec 07, 2005 at 23:05 UTC
Note that this is a slight different from a Perl plug-in (and may not apply in your case), but since you say you essentially want a free Flash replacement, it's worth it to note that you can create Flash with Perl. It is a bit more cumbersome than using Tk, though.	[reply]
Re^4: A Perl Web Browser Plugin by zentara (Cardinal) on Dec 08, 2005 at 12:59 UTC
Yeah, see Flash slideshow with audio where I use Ming and Swftools. I'm just getting into SWF::Builder, and it looks good. It plays audio, and has more advanced features like keying on frames. I'm going to study it a bit. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]