The GPM meta-transcompiler: Harmonizing JavaScript-oriented Web development with the upcoming ECMAScript 6 "Harmony" specification

In this paper we present the incompatibility and complexity problems in Web development when using JavaScript. We also demonstrate the solution given by transcompilers and/or languages that compile to JavaScript, but we also highlight the respective problems. Thus, we present our proposal, i.e, a me...

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Published in:IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference pp. 176 - 181
Main Authors: Kyriakou, Kyriakos-Ioannis D., Chaniotis, Ioannis K., Tselikas, Nikolaos D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.01.2015
Subjects:
Browsers
compile-to-Javascript languages
Complexity theory
Computer languages
Documentation
ECMAScript
JavaScript
Libraries
Syntactics
transpilers
ISSN:2331-9852
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Summary:In this paper we present the incompatibility and complexity problems in Web development when using JavaScript. We also demonstrate the solution given by transcompilers and/or languages that compile to JavaScript, but we also highlight the respective problems. Thus, we present our proposal, i.e, a meta-transcompiler, that targets to harmonize JavaScript-oriented web development and tight the feedback loop between web standards' editors and web developers, even during the transition period of work-in-progress specifications, such as the upcoming ECMAScript 6 "Harmony" specification.
ISSN:2331-9852
DOI:10.1109/CCNC.2015.7157973