Window.js is an open-source JavaScript runtime for desktop graphics programming

1. windowjs

   1 11 2,263 4.4 JavaScript

   Window.js is an open-source Javascript runtime for desktop graphics programming.

   

   I had two ideas for Typescript in mind:

   1. provide type declarations for the Window.js APIs, and

   2. integrate with the Typescript compiler during development (e.g. F5 to reload, run typescript sources "directly", show compiler errors in the console / main window, etc.)

   I've just started these discussion on GitHub, please share your thoughts:

   https://github.com/windowjs/windowjs/discussions/27

   https://github.com/windowjs/windowjs/discussions/28

   Does this cover what you had in mind? Are there better ways to support Typescript?

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3. TypeScriptToLua

   2 11 2,353 7.9 TypeScript

   Typescript to lua transpiler. https://typescripttolua.github.io/

   

   One immediate comparison that springs to my mind is the Löve 2D engine [1], which is a tiny game engine written entirely around Lua scripting (so that Lua includes the full game run loop as well).

   Lua is a good scripting language, but it doesn't have the ubiquity of JS (and Löve doesn't have the ubiquitous deployment of the modern browser). Also, Lua doesn't have a static type ecosystem (though there are interesting projects like TypescriptToLua [2] exploring that space, but you can from the name they are following/lagging the JS ecosystem here).

   There probably is a need to package more browser games as "real" games and a lightweight Canvas-focused approach could find a nice like Löve, especially if it were easier, for instance, to maybe port to consoles for small/indie game teams than one of the web views or Electron. (Though certainly Microsoft already has a version of WebView2 running on the Xbox.)

   [1] https://love2d.org/

   [2] https://github.com/TypeScriptToLua/TypeScriptToLua

4. love

   3 266 7,065 9.0 C++

   LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

   

   One immediate comparison that springs to my mind is the Löve 2D engine [1], which is a tiny game engine written entirely around Lua scripting (so that Lua includes the full game run loop as well).

   Lua is a good scripting language, but it doesn't have the ubiquity of JS (and Löve doesn't have the ubiquitous deployment of the modern browser). Also, Lua doesn't have a static type ecosystem (though there are interesting projects like TypescriptToLua [2] exploring that space, but you can from the name they are following/lagging the JS ecosystem here).

   There probably is a need to package more browser games as "real" games and a lightweight Canvas-focused approach could find a nice like Löve, especially if it were easier, for instance, to maybe port to consoles for small/indie game teams than one of the web views or Electron. (Though certainly Microsoft already has a version of WebView2 running on the Xbox.)

   [1] https://love2d.org/

   [2] https://github.com/TypeScriptToLua/TypeScriptToLua

5. windows-samples-rs

   4 3 171 7.6 Rust

   

   The best place to start for you is https://github.com/microsoft/windows-samples-rs

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