Seed (programming)
JavaScript interpreter and library From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seed is a JavaScript interpreter and a library of the GNOME project to create standalone applications in JavaScript.[1] It uses the JavaScript engine JavaScriptCore of the WebKit project. It is possible to easily create modules in C.
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| Developer(s) | Robert Carr, Matt Arsenault and Tim Horton |
|---|---|
| Initial release | November 8, 2008 |
| Stable release | 3.8.1
/ April 16, 2013 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Interpreter, library |
| License | GNU LGPL |
| Website | wiki |
Seed is integrated in GNOME since the 2.28 version and is used by two games in the GNOME Games package.[2] It is also used by the Web web browser for the design of its extensions. The module is also officially supported by the GTK+ project.[3]
Hello world in Seed
This example uses the standard output to output the string "Hello, World".
#!/usr/bin/env seed
print("Hello, world!");
A program using GTK+
This code shows an empty window named "Example".
#!/usr/bin/env seed
Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
Gtk.init(Seed.argv);
var window = new Gtk.Window({title: "Example"});
window.signal.hide.connect(Gtk.main_quit);
window.show_all();
Gtk.main();
Modules
To use a module, just instantiate a class having for name imports. followed by the name of the module respecting the case sensitivity.
- The modules using GObject Introspection, who starts by imports.gi.[permanent dead link] :
- Libxml
- Cairo
- DBus
- MPFR
- Os (system library)
- Canvas (using Cairo)
- multiprocessing
- readline Archived 2009-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ffi
- sqlite
- sandbox Archived 2009-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
List of the Seed versions
The names of the versions of Seed are albums of famous rock bands.
| Version | Code Name | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 8 November 2008 | |
| 0.3 | Wednesday Morning 3AM | 2 January 2009 |
| 0.5 | Transformer | 16 April 2009 |
| 0.6 | Beatles for Sale | 29 April 2009 |
| 0.7 | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 13 May 2009 |
| 0.8 | Bringing It All Back Home | 29 May 2009 |
| 0.8.5 | Self Portrait | 10 July 2009 |
| 2.27.90 | London Calling | 10 August 2009 |
| 2.27.91 | Yellow Submarine | 21 August 2009 |
| 2.27.92 | Metal Machine Music | 7 September 2009 |
| 2.28.0 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders | 21 September 2009 |
| 2.29.2 | Never Mind the Bollocks | 16 November 2009 |
| 2.29.3 | 30 November 2009 | |
| 2.29.4 | 17 December 2009 | |
| 2.29.5 | Icky Thump | 1 January 2010 |
| 2.29.5.1 | Achtung Baby | 1 January 2010 |
| 2.29.5.2 | Third Stage | 7 January 2010 |
| 2.29.5.3 | Twist and Shout | 11 January 2010 |
| 2.29.90 | Fort Nightly | 8 February 2010 |
| 2.29.91 | Greatest Hits | 23 February 2010 |
| 2.30.0 | Piano Man | 29 March 2010 |
| 2.31.1 | The Black Album | 29 March 2010 |
See also
References
External links
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