| SproutCore | |
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 A demo application of SproutCore | |
| Developers | Strobe Inc.,Sproutit,Apple Inc. and community. |
| Initial release | 2010 (2010) |
| Stable release | 1.11.0 / February 2, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-02-02) |
| Written in | Ruby/JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | www |
| Repository | |
SproutCore is anopen-sourceJavaScriptweb framework. Its goal is to allow developers to createweb applications with advanced capabilities and a user experience comparable to that ofdesktop applications. When developing a SproutCore application, all code is written in JavaScript. A notable fork of SproutCore isEmber.js. Both projects are maintained separately and have taken different directions.
SproutCore, initially created in 2007 bySproutit as the basis for their Mailroom application, is available under theMIT License.
Apple announcedMobileMe atWWDC in 2008, noting that much of it was built using SproutCore. Apple has contributed greatly to the project as part of aWeb 2.0 initiative. SproutCore was also used atiWork.com,[1] the online extension of the iWorkproductivity software by Apple.
The latest major stable SproutCore release is 1.8, released on March 7, 2012,[2] with many bug fixes, several new features, and documentation updates. Release 1.6 was largely a bugfix release, building on the previous 1.5 release. SproutCore 1.5 contained significant updates to view layers, added a new CSS parser that builds off ofSCSS,WAI-ARIA support, modular loading, and additional features. The previous major release, SproutCore 1.4, included touch support for mobile devices, released on September 20, 2010.[3]
In June 2010, the creator of SproutCore, Charles Jolley, left Apple to start Strobe Inc., which provides SproutCore support and continues development.[4]
In May 2011, the SproutCore team announced SproutCore 2.0, a rebuilt version of the framework designed to expose theMVC underpinnings without requiring developers to use the included widget set. The team also emphasized the importance of reducing file size to support developing applications for mobile devices.[5]
In July 2011, a new project, SproutCore UI, was announced. SproutCore UI is designed to provide common user interface elements for developers targeting mobile devices.[6]
In November 2011Facebook acquired the Strobe team[7] in a deal Facebook described as a talent acquisition.[8]
SproutCore 1.x codebase would continue releasing and was under active development by the core team and SproutCore community.[9]
Appnovation Technologies currently provides community support[10] for SproutCore.
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