Creating scripted or compiled desktop applications with the SDK is all well and good. There are plenty of nifty applications which require lower-level interfaces with a particular operating system API, as in our examples of cursor control, MIDI output, and window management. But when it comes to portability, distribution, and simplicity, it is pretty hard to beat the Web and HTML5.
User-agent standards have become massively more robust in recent times, making powerful mechanisms such as WebSockets, two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics capabilities, and much more available. All that is necessary to tap into these powerful toolkits is a bit of HTML and JavaScript. Whereas in the earlier days of the Web, if one wanted to interface with a system service connected to specialized hardware such as Leap, as a minimum, a browser plugin would be required. With modern web browsers such tomfoolery is no longer required, and enabling Leap support for any old web page is as simple...
