Can I make a local Standalone JavaScript program? [duplicate]

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Can you do Desktop Development using JavaScript?

I am very familiar with web-based JavaScript as it relates to html and canvas, but I was wondering if it would be possible to make a complete standalone application using javascript that would NOT open in a browser. Is there any GUI or command prompt that would allow me to do this?

If not, I might be open to writing some other program that could read html, as Notch did with the Minecraft login screen. Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

There are frameworks and libraries that are designed for this. Here are a few:

• Titanium - a platform that uses the web technologies (HTML, Javascript, CSS) to create cross platform (really cross platform) applications. Looks very nice, although I haven't used it.

• Adobe AIR - uses HTML and ActionScript/JavaScript to build native applications, although they've dropped support for Linux. :(