Desklets, Java widgets
14 March, 2007
Josh Marinacci and Robert Cooper recently released a preview of the Java desklet toolkit, AB5k. A desklet is a Java widget. This is something I've wanted for a while. Despite using a version of my beloved Ubuntu Linux at Google, they never made a timetable for Google Desktop to come to Linux. Now it won't need to. I think this aligns well with Groovy since a desklet can be written in any JVM language. A desklet, a small self-contained component that does a single task well is well suited for the scripty nature of Groovy. Time to port some Apple widgets.
Groovy was not snubbed
Java does need an answer to Rails
Hello World Groovy Desklet
Groovy desklet links are up
