The Sun Labs Lively Kernel a highly dynamic web programming environment
built around JavaScript, asynchronous networking and other existing web
technologies. The Lively Kernel and applications built for it are intended
to run in a regular web browser with no installation or plug-in components
whatsoever. The system even includes development tools that allow JavaScript
applications to be inspected and modified from within the system itself.
In this tutorial we provide a step-by-step summary of the main features of the system.
Note that the Lively Kernel applications aren't usally run inside
HTML web pages. However, in this tutorial we have used the
conventional HTML format so that the features of the system
can be viewed also by people who do not have a compatible web browser.
In order to run all the examples properly, you will need a compatible
web browser such as Apple Safari 3.0 or Mozilla Firefox 3.0.
For best viewing experience and performance,
we recommend Safari 3.0.
With Mozilla Firefox,
many of the features still don't work fully, and the
performance of the system may be inadequate.
Note that the Lively Kernel currently doesn't
run in Microsoft Internet Explorer. We hope to have
support for Internet Explorer available soon.
Screenshot of the Lively Kernel
Below is a screenshot of the Lively Kernel.
This is approximately what you should see when you click
the "Enter Lively Kernel" link below.
In order to view the HTML tutorial,
click the "Begin Interactive Tutorial" link instead.
Click
to learn how to use Lively Kernel.
You can also
to try out the Lively Kernel yourself.
