Title :
The GPM meta-transcompiler: Harmonizing JavaScript-oriented Web development with the upcoming ECMAScript 6 “Harmony” specification
Author :
Kyriakou, Kyriakos-Ioannis D. ; Chaniotis, Ioannis K. ; Tselikas, Nikolaos D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Univ. of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Java; authoring languages; grammars; program compilers; specification languages; ECMAScript 6 harmony specification; GPM metatranscompiler; JavaScript-oriented Web development; feedback loop; grammar packaged module; work-in-progress specification; Browsers; Complexity theory; Computer languages; Documentation; Libraries; Standards; Syntactics; ECMAScript; JavaScript; compile-to-Javascript languages; transpilers;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2015 12th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6389-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCNC.2015.7157973
