Web and WebWorks Development

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Is there any documentation or examples on how to create custom JavaScript extensions backed by native code for the new BB 10 WebWorks SDK? My understanding is that extensions for BB 10 WebWorks will be written in native C/C++ code. However, looking at the existing BB 10 WebWorks SDK, all the implemented API contain only JavaScript code. Looks like the currently implemented API provide a JavaScript interface to interact with a server running on the phone which manages the native code extensions. I do not see any native code for those extensions in the current SDK so I'm assuming those implementations are built in to BB 10.

I would assume that a custom JavaScript extensions would somehow need to register its native code implmentation with that same server but it is not clear to me how this is done.  Is there any documentation or examples available for this yet?

[astanley · Accepted solution]

You are correct: with BB10, there will be a JavaScript interface that calls down into native code.  However we don't have this architecture in place for 3rd party developers yet, but its definitely coming.

Hold tight for updates, we'll make sure to communicate best practices and guidelines for BB10 + WebWorks extension development with the community once it is ready.