You can make desktop apps in Python, Ruby, Tcl, hell even PHP for a long time now. No compilation needed.
Whether this works effectively or not comes rests almost entirely on how good their architecture is. "Hackable" doesn't mean anything if the codebase is a coupled mess. Given GH's pedigree, I don't expect that this is the case; which means there will be some ramp-up time learning the various subsystems.
Desktop apps aren't things that you can cram into this week's hipster JS framework.
Yes, Redcar is pretty cool!
This is an inspiring talk on how to hack on it - even though I'm still mostly using vim/sublime it was pretty eye opening to me, rubies all the way down:
Crafting iOS Dev Tools in Redcar - Delisa Mason (#inspect 2013)
I don't follow. These hipster JS frameworks have to work well on phones and various inconsistent browsers. Targeting the desktop and one JS environment seems feasible.
You can make desktop apps in Python, Ruby, Tcl, hell even PHP for a long time now. No compilation needed.
Whether this works effectively or not comes rests almost entirely on how good their architecture is. "Hackable" doesn't mean anything if the codebase is a coupled mess. Given GH's pedigree, I don't expect that this is the case; which means there will be some ramp-up time learning the various subsystems.
Desktop apps aren't things that you can cram into this week's hipster JS framework.