Client side GUI-like web framework ?

[riquito at gmail.com]

On 4 Feb, 18:45, USCode <d... at spamon.me> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be handy if there was a web framework that allowed you to
> create pages and control the interface like you would using a
> client-side GUI framework such as Tkinter?
>
> The framework would need a small, fast web server that would
> automatically fire up when you ran your application and you then control
> the interface just like you would with client-side GUI widgets (within
> the limitations of browsers of course).  It would handle all the
> complexities of HTTP, HTML, Javascript, etc. letting you focus on adding
> functionality to your application.
>
> Essentially you would be using the browser as your cross-platform
> client-side interface.  You would just interact with all the widgets
> like trees, grids, paned windows, checkboxes, buttons, etc.
>
> There wouldn't happen to be anything like that available, would there?
> I've seen CherryPy but that doesn't quite seem to be what I described.
>
> Thanks!


You just described what XUL aims to be
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/The_Joy_of_XUL
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner

At present it lacks for sure documentation (or maybe it isn't
organized really well)