rjs

Native Javascript environment using Rust and Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JS engine.

Why?

This project would like to be:

• A way to use Javascript to make Android games, using a thin WebGL/GLES binding.
• Javascript compatible with Node.js.
• An easy to use binding for Rust projects to embed a Javascript engine.
• A superhero.

This is going to take a lot of work, and there are things for everyone to do, so peek into the Issues and look for a "help wanted" issue to get started!

Why not?

• Why not use straight Rust? Javascript with hot module reloading has a faster edit-compile-run cycle.

• Why not V8? It's time for SpiderMonkey to find more uses outside of Firefox.

Building from source

Setting up dependencies

The single biggest dependency in this project is rust-mozjs, which requires that you have the following installed:

• cmake
• make
• Python 2.7.x, which needs to be accessible as the python executable in your current PATH.

Arch Linux

# In the folder you want to clone into...
pacman -S base-devel python2 cmake

Windows

TODO

Building

• After dependencies have been set up, you should only need cargo to build this project.