Seed (programming)

Seed is a JavaScript interpreter and a library of the GNOME project to create standalone applications in JavaScript. It uses the JavaScript engine JavaScriptCore of the WebKit project. It is possible to easily create modules in C. Seed is integrated in GNOME since the 2.28 version and is used by two games in the GNOME Games package. 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.

Seed is a JavaScript interpreter and a library of the GNOME project to create standalone applications in JavaScript. It uses the JavaScript engine JavaScriptCore of the WebKit project. It is possible to easily create modules in C. Seed is integrated in GNOME since the 2.28 version and is used by two games in the GNOME Games package. 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. ==Hello world in Seed== This example uses the standard output to output the string "Hello, World". !/usr/bin/env seed print("Hello, world!"); !/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. : Gtk Gst GObject Gio Clutter GLib Gdk WebKit GdkPixbuf, GdkPixbuf Libxml Cairo DBus MPFR Os (system library) Canvas (using Cairo) multiprocessing readline ffi sqlite sandbox ==List of the Seed versions== The names of the versions of Seed are albums of famous rock bands. ==See also== GNOME JavaScript Server-side JavaScript JavaScriptCore XULRunner ==References== ==External links== Seed on the GNOME wiki Seed documentation Official tutorial of Seed A short tutorial showing how to create a basic web browser using WebKitGTK+. Blog of Robert Carr

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