It’s things like these that make me say wow and what is making me say wow today is a little project created by Ben Firshman. What Ben created is a JavaScript emulator that emulates the Nintendo Entertainment System. What makes it remarkable is that it’s actually playable. Under Chrome and Safari I get ~50 fps. Firefox delivers about ~10 fps and the iPhone surprising works at a miserable ~.5fps.
What I think is cool about this is that it shows us how far JavaScript has come over the years. and how powerful HTML5 + Canvas will really be. I’ll be excited to see what else comes out from the community in the upcoming year.
Google has just announced a new project in their labs called Closure. Closure is for those who are doing JavaScript development. It is supposed to help speed up development time and make it easier to re-use existing code. Google is currently using Closure in Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps. The Closure tools include:
- A JavaScript optimizer
- A comprehensive JavaScript library
- An easy templating system for both Java & JavaScript
Personally since i generally do more web RIA type of work. I would like to see how well this works with Ext JS. But more on that after i get to play with it some more.
