- AppJet
Infobox Website
name = AppJet
url = http://www.appjet.com/
commercial = Yes
location = San Francisco, California
type = Web Startup
language = English
registration = Yes
owner = AppJet
author = Aaron Iba, J.D. Zamfirescu and David Greenspan
launch date =December 12 ,2007
current status = Active
revenueAppJet is a website that allows users to create web based applications in their web browser. AppJet was founded by 3 MIT graduates, 2 of whom were engineers at Google prior to AppJet [ [http://appjet.com/about About AppJet] ] . They launched their initial public beta on
December 12 ,2007 , allowing anyone to create a web app.AppJet received funding from
Y Combinator in the summer of 2007.Programming Tutorial
On
August 14 ,2008 , AppJet released a programming tutorial aimed at "absolute beginners" [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/14/hello-world-appjet-opens-browser-based-javascript-school/ Hello World! AppJet opens browser-based JavaScript school] ] . [http://appjet.com/learn-to-program The tutorial] uses the AppJet IDE to provide a programming sandbox for examples in the tutorial, allowing readers to experiment with example code. This is one of the first online tutorials to embed an IDE exposing a complete server-side web app framework inline with text.Web Software Framework
"AppJet" also refers to the open-source server-side JavaScript framework that powers AppJet applications. This is an example of a recent trend in web development to run
JavaScript on both the client and the server, allowing developers to code entire web apps in a single language, instead of using a separate language for server-side scripting and client-side scripting.The virtual machine that powers AppJet apps is currently closed-source, but is reportedly written using
Scala (programming language) . [ [http://ejohn.org/blog/instant-javascript-apps/ Instant JavaScript Apps] ]Features
*Free app hosting [ [http://appjet.com/docs/hosting AppJet Dev Guide: Hosting ] ]
*Persistent Storage (up to 10 MiB) [ [http://appjet.com/docs/guide/storage AppJet Dev Guide: Persistent Storage ] ]
*Online IDE [ [http://appjet.com/docs/ide AppJet Dev Guide: IDE ] ]
*Custom Domains [ [http://appjet.com/docs/hosting/custom AppJet Dev Guide: Custom Domains ] ]
*Forum [http://appjet.com/forum]Updates
Appjet is often updated with bug-fixes, improvements, and other features. [ [http://changelog.appjet.net/ changelog ] ] A major update to the site was a graphical change implemented on July 10, 2008. [ [http://changelog.appjet.net/change?id=obj-LOxqFkQwZ changelog ] ] This update also added the feature to "Comment" on users apps. Comments are messages about apps left at the URL comments.appname.appjet.net.
Another update occurred on May 2, 2008. This update allows apps to be hosted at custom domains. [ [http://changelog.appjet.net/change?id=obj-LIWlcoSI3 changelog ] ]
References
External links
* [http://appjet.com/ AppJet]
* [http://appjet.com/about/features AppJet features]
* [http://appjet.com/docs/intro AppJet documentation]
* [http://hello-world.appjet.com/ Basic AppJet web application]
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/12/appjet-makes-simple-web-apps-a-breeze/ TechCrunch]
* [http://ajaxian.com/archives/appjet-develop-preview-deploy-all-on-the-web Ajaxian]
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