Enyo: Up and Running

Preface

HTML5 technologies hold the promise of providing compelling user experiences through the web browser. The Web has evolved as a platform for delivering content to users regardless of the operating system their computers (or smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs) use. As users spend more time on the Web, they not only expect to receive content but also perform the actions of their daily lives. The Web is evolving from static pages to true web applications.

Enyo is a JavaScript framework designed to help developers create compelling interactive web applications (or apps). What makes Enyo special? Why should you be interested in it? I’ll try to tackle those questions and, along the way, help you get productive in Enyo.

Where Did Enyo Come From?

Enyo grew out of the need to create applications for the HP TouchPad tablet. It was designed to be an easy-to-learn, high-performance framework that provided a pleasing and consistent user interface. As Enyo grew, HP realized that the technologies could be applied not only to tablets but also to the larger screens of desktops and the smaller screens of smartphones.

On January 25, 2012, HP announced they were going to release Enyo as an open source project under the Apache 2.0 license. Development moved to GitHub and the broader JavaScript community was invited to participate. Since that time, Enyo has matured and now offers robust tools for developing web apps on a wide variety of platforms. In March of 2013, LG Electronics acquired the webOS ...