SproutCore

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SproutCore
Developer(s)Strobe Inc., Sproutit, Apple Inc. and community.
Initial release2010 (2010)
Stable release
1.11.0 / February 2, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-02)
Repository
Written in
Cross-platform
LicenseMIT License
Websitewww.sproutcore.com

SproutCore is an

desktop applications. When developing a SproutCore application, all code is written in JavaScript. A notable fork of SproutCore is Ember.js
. Both projects are maintained separately and have taken different directions.

Development

SproutCore, initially created in 2007 by Sproutit as the basis for their Mailroom application, is available under the MIT License.

iWork.com,[1] the online extension of the iWork productivity software
by Apple.

The latest major stable SproutCore release is 1.8, released on March 7, 2012,

SCSS, 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 the MVC 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 2011 Facebook 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.

Notes

  1. ^ Blog Post about SproutCore Sites
  2. ^ "Announcing SproutCore 1.8! – SproutCore". blog.sproutcore.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
  3. ^ Blog post about 1.4 release
  4. ^ Blog post about Strobe
  5. ^ "Announcing SproutCore 2.0 Developer Preview – SproutCore". blog.sproutcore.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-28.
  6. ^ "SproutCore UI – An Introduction – SproutCore". blog.sproutcore.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10.
  7. ^ Blog post The Strobe Team is Moving to Facebook
  8. ^ "Facebook Picks Up Apple Alum's HTML5 Start-Up, Strobe". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  9. ^ Stated in SproutCore 1.8 release note, March 7, 2012.
  10. ^ "SproutCore Community Support | SproutCore Partner | Appnovation". www.appnovation.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24.

References

External links

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