https://github.com/lolgab/cosmopolitan-scalajs-example

Universal Scala.js executable
https://github.com/lolgab/cosmopolitan-scalajs-example

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Universal Scala.js executable

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lolgab/cosmopolitan-scalajs-example
• Owner: lolgab
• Created: 2022-08-21T15:42:15.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-21T15:42:49.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T17:07:57.193Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Scala
• Size: 574 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Universal Scala.js executable

This repository shows how you can create Scala.js actually portable executables

using [cosmopolitan](https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan) and the [QuickJS Javascript Engine](https://bellard.org/quickjs/).

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in many operative systems.

# For the impatient

Just run these commands to enjoy a portable Scala.js binary:

```

scala-cli package -f --js-mode release main.scala

zip qjs.com main.js .args

./qjs.com

```

# Getting Started

You need the quickjs universal binary `qjs.com`.

I included it in the repo but you can build it yourself with:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan

cd cosmopolitan

make -j8 o//third_party/quickjs/qjs.com

cp o//third_party/quickjs/qjs.com ..

```

Now you can build your Javascript file with your favorite Scala.js toolchain.

For example with `scala-cli`:

```

scala-cli package --js-mode release main.scala

```

Now you need to add the Scala.js produced `main.js` to the `qjs.com` binary.

APE binaries are also zip archives and can access the files contained in theirselves.

You also need to add a `.args` file to set some command line arguments to pass

to quickjs. In our case we will pass the file name in the `/zip` directory,

which is a special path containing the files in the zip archive.

```

zip qjs.com main.js .args

```

Now you created your universal Scala.js binary, you can run in every major

operating system with no dependencies.

# Fast compile run loop

You don't need to zip a Javascript file to run it with quickjs.

You can just use `qjs.com` as a standalone Javascript runtime.

```

scala-cli package -f -w main.scala && ./qjs.com main.js

```