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cromwellian@google.com6d1abb32012-06-13 22:32:29 +00001Elemental is a "to the metal" raw programming API designed to keep up with fast changing
2HTML5 browsers, reduce the need for JSNI code, and melt away to as little overhead as possible.
3It is particularly suited for situations where direct low level access and small code are important
4such as mobile devices.
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6Currently, Elemental is generated from the WebKit project's WebIDL binding definitions which are used also
7by the Dart project. Because of this, vendor prefixed APIs also show up (webkit specific). These APIs are
Goktug Gokdoganbd154382014-03-05 17:19:26 -08008often also available on Firefox and IE. A future version of Elemental will generate these as well, either
9as Mozilla/IE vendor prefixed calls, or as standardized non-prefix calls backed by multibrowser shim.
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11To see Elemental and SuperDevMode in action, run 'ant dist-dev' to build gwt-dev and gwt-user jars. Then
12cd to examples/silvercomet and run 'ant demo'
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14Visit http://localhost:9876/SilverComet/SilverComet.html and enjoy.
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