Local.js: An IPC framework for open-architecture Web applications

Re:Local.js: An IPC framework for open-architecture Web appl... by rpedela on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:36AM (#7415683)

I don't quite understand what this is for? I get that you can create pipelines, but at a higher level when would one need this functionality?

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Re:Local.js: An IPC framework for open-architecture Web appl... by pfraze on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:58AM (#7415855)

It's for building Web applications that can be modified independently of the host service by the users. Think of applications that are plugin heavy - Emacs, Vim, Sublime, Photoshop, 3dsmax, MS Excel (in its way). Similar things could be done with, for instance, user-pluggable forums. The goal is to use Worker VM containers and permissioning so that plugins are safe to share between users.

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Re:Local.js: An IPC framework for open-architecture Web appl... by rpedela on Monday March 17, 2014 @09:37PM (#7419436)

I see. Makes sense.

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