This all sounds like something from 2001. I was doing pretty much exactly this around 2001, using contenteditable with an IIS/JScript back-end.
This all sounds like something from 2001. I was doing pretty much exactly this around 2001, using contenteditable with an IIS/JScript back-end.
I think contenteditable is more akin to a rich-text document, while Hyperclay goes a bit beyond by allowing JS to edit the DOM too. I think Smalltalk images and virtual machines are a closer comparison, but applied to the web. You download the image, with some running code, use it, and persist the whole application state.
> while Hyperclay goes a bit beyond by allowing JS to edit the DOM too.
So revolutionary!! How did they achieve this technical feat!?
Yeah, sounds like Tiddly Wiki or similar except with the need for a backend component.
Edit: actually it looks more like a library/framework to make such apps. And now I'm not sure if it needs a backend component or nodejs or not.