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Re:Ask HN: Javascript for desktop apps? by scscsc on Monday July 27, 2009 @06:02AM (#725639)
You could try Rhino:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Rhino_documentation

Steve Yegge suggests it's the next big language.

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Re:Ask HN: Javascript for desktop apps? by mcculley on Monday July 27, 2009 @09:33AM (#725797)
This is very convenient now that Java (as of 1.6) has JavaScript/Rhino built in as an implementation of the Scripting API: http://snipplr.com/view/17501/javascript-swing-application/

Execution is as simple as 'jrunscript app.js'.

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