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JBARiskManagement / MapPIG

Probably Isn't GIS; A desktop mapping interactivity platform
MIT License
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Switch to electron #12

Closed JamesRamm closed 8 years ago

JamesRamm commented 8 years ago

Since 5.5 Qt has dropped QtWebKit and along with it, the QtWebkit bridge. Its' replacement - QWebChannel - is basically a mini-server which only the qt app can access. Sounds like it will be a) slower (as not directly exposing a qobject) and b) has less functionality.

This would mean that MapThing either languishes in a narrow subset of Qt, or we switch to a fully open source alternative - Electron. The mapthing architecture would become somewhat simpler through electron as we dont need to worry (necessarily) about C++ or setup a 'dummy' C++ window. Electron will handle it.

Doing work in C++ may also be supported in a much simpler manner by using nbind

Plugins can be supported by this package or we could roll our own system.

@yitang

JamesRamm commented 8 years ago

Reset the master branch to the electron branch to complete the merge. Qt version now only exists in the tag 0.0.1