Javascript communicate with C++

Question

I have a desktop application that has a C++ backend and a HTML5/JS front end. We are currently having to use Google V8 or Mac Webview and Objective-C to allow Javascript and C++ to communicate. Is there any way to have them directly talk to each other without the middleware?

Trying to accomplish:

1. Share variables.
2. Call Functions from C++ to JS.
3. Call Functions from JS to C++.

I have tried googling this and everything points to the above solutions.

Answer 1

You could try using Google's Protocol Buffers which allows you to create data objects that get compiled to C++ objects. You could then use one of the following projects from their wiki to use protobuffers with javascript:

• https://github.com/sirikata/protojs
• http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-js/