xterm.js at FOSSCOMM 2014, Lamia

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1. xterm.js   FOSSCOMM  2014,  Lamia  
2. Who   •  Paris  (@pariskasid,  @parisk  at  GitHub)   •  Founder  at  sourcelair.com   •  I  love  Python  and  JavaScript  
3. xterm.js   •  Full,  JavaScript,  XTerm  clone   •  Based  on  VT100  
4. Why?   •  Need  for  a  terminal  at  www.sourcelair.com   •  Absence  of  a  sufficient  library  for  that  
5. Mission       A  powerful,  yet  simple  framework  for  building   terminal-­‐based  applicaXons.  
6. Fork  of  term.js   •  We  forked  term.js   •  Removed  more  than  1000  lines  of  code   •  Offloaded  stuff  out  of  the  core  
7. Shrinking  the  core   •  Removed  custom  modes   •  Hidden  textarea  vs  content-­‐editable   •  Off-­‐loaded  colors  to  CSS  
8. What’s  new   •  Event-­‐based  API   •  Themes     •  Modular  architecture  
9. Demo  
10. InteresXng  Features   •  Copy  &  Paste  handling   •  WebSocket  a`aching   •  Fit  rows  and  columns  to  parent’s  size  
11. To-­‐do   •  Remove  all  colors  from  JavaScript   •  Implement  character-­‐level  styling   •  OpXmize  content  updaXng  
12. Browser  CompaXbility   •  Chrome  (Desktop  and  Mobile)   •  Firefox  (Desktop)   •  Safari  (Desktop  and  iOS)   •  Opera  (Desktop  and  iOS)   •  IE  10+  (but  sXll  buggy)  
13. Ideas   •  A  PuTTY  replacement   •  InteracXve,  code-­‐teaching  tutorial  
14. xterm.js   •  github.com/sourcelair/xterm.js   •  bower  install  xterm.js   •  www.sourcelair.com  
15. Thank  you.     @pariskasid     s.lair.io/xtermjs-­‐fosscomm-­‐2014