Is It Possible to make a Web Browser with Turing?

[ScaryRat]

Is It Possible to make a Web Browser with Turing?

[SNIPERDUDE]

Possible? Yes.
Practical? Not likely.

If you search the forums someone did start/attempt (not sure how far he got) one - called Ocean.
It was a part of the Turing Initiative.

[ProgrammingFun]

In theory, it could be done but it depends largely on which functions you want to incorporate.

What do you want to make a web browser for?

If you just need to open a specific webpage, you can use the Sys.Exec command found in the Turing Walkthrough.

EDIT: SNIPERDUDE, you beat me to it!

[SNIPERDUDE]

Haha, victorious!

Yes, like PragrammingFun said, it is possible to load a web page in Turing, I believe they also have an example of that somewhere in the Turing Help documents (Press F10 in Turing).

[ProgrammingFun]

SNIPERDUDE @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:51 pm wrote:

Haha, victorious!

Yes, like PragrammingFun said,

ProgrammingFun to be exact

SNIPERDUDE @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:51 pm wrote:

it is possible to load a web page in Turing, I believe they also have an example of that somewhere in the Turing Help documents (Press F10 in Turing).

Or if you are using Turing 4.1.1, you can find the Help Documents here.

[ScaryRat]

Um it is for a project.

It has to be a legitimate browser, with "back", "forward", and a URL input.

[USEC_OFFICER]

It displays web pages and everything inside the program?

[ScaryRat]

yes it displays web pages.

[ProgrammingFun]

ScaryRat @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:06 pm wrote:

Um it is for a project.

It has to be a legitimate browser, with "back", "forward", and a URL input.

If this is a project where you were specifically asked to make a browser...good luck!

If however, this is a project where you are choosing to make a web browser, I would highly recommend choosing something else to create unless you only plan on having the very basic features such as an address bar, forward, and back.

[ScaryRat]

ProgrammingFun @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:34 pm wrote:

ScaryRat @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:06 pm wrote:

Um it is for a project.

It has to be a legitimate browser, with "back", "forward", and a URL input.

If this is a project where you were specifically asked to make a browser...good luck!

If however, this is a project where you are choosing to make a web browser, I would highly recommend choosing something else to create unless you only plan on having the very basic features such as an address bar, forward, and back.

Yes it is my own choice, and also yes I only plan to create basic features.

Can you please tell me how to use turing to view webpages, then I'll do the rest. Thank you

[USEC_OFFICER]

I don't think it is possible to view web pages in Turing. Unless perhaps you created a HTTP formater thingy or what ever it is called. But trust me, you are way over your head.

[ProgrammingFun]

USEC_OFFICER @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:49 pm wrote:

I don't think it is possible to view web pages in Turing. Unless perhaps you created a HTTP formater thingy or what ever it is called. But trust me, you are way over your head.

Well this program download and shows pictures from the internet...maybe it could help you if you decide to go on with the browser idea.

[USEC_OFFICER]

But you still need an HTML formater/interpeter to actually view actual web pages, unless you create your own.

[ProgrammingFun]

USEC_OFFICER @ Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:37 pm wrote:

But you still need an HTML formater/interpeter to actually view actual web pages, unless you create your own.

Agreed...I was just showing that as a starting type of point or a point of reference.
I do think that the program linked would be easier and more practical to make than a web browser.

[USEC_OFFICER]

What link? Am I missing something? As another idea, look at object-oriented programming with Turing. (Yes, it's in there.)