Would it be appropriate to use j2s to convert applets to web applications

[ryosua]

I've been looking into the viability of using java2script to convert a few applets to web applications(HTML, javascript, CSS). From what I have seen so far, it seems like this would not be the best tool for that purpose. The applet that I would be converting first is built around the swing library. Does java2script support swing? The goal would be to create a standalone web application that does not rely on java2script, or Java. Thanks. 

[Zhou Renjian]

Java2Script does not provide JavaScript Swing library. It currently provide Java2Script SWT library.

Some years ago, I tried to use swingwt ( http://swingwt.sourceforge.net/ ) to build Java2Script Swing library. It seemed the job is feasible but need a lot of time. As I did not have enough time to do so, I stopped.

Not sure about your goal. If you want to support converting Applet to web, you may rely on tools. Maybe you means that once you have the Applet library in JavaScript, you can write your web app in JavaScript instead Java. In such cases, I suggest you using existed JavaScript library instead of creating another one from existed Java sources. JavaScript language model is different from Java language model. You may come up with many difficulties and may waste your time. Existing YUI, may be your choice.

Regards,
Zhou Renjian

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:10 AM, ryosua <ryo...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been looking into the viability of using java2script to convert a few applets to web applications(HTML, javascript, CSS). From what I have seen so far, it seems like this would not be the best tool for that purpose. The applet that I would be converting first is built around the swing library. Does java2script support swing? The goal would be to create a standalone web application that does not rely on java2script, or Java. Thanks. 

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[robert....@twc.com]

If I can contribute here, I would very much like to see Java2Script convert Swing applets.  With all of the security and performance problems of Java recently, I am trying to replace all Java applets in my Web application with JavaScript applications that have the same functionality.  (The model I am using is the chemistry applet Jmol, which now has a JavaScript version called JSmol.)  Unfortunately, the one applet that we wrote ourselves uses Swing and AWT packages, and I'm gathering from this conversation that Java2Script won't convert it.  So I would encourage you to extend Java2Script to handle Swing applets.