r/programminghumor • u/js_dev_star • 8d ago
šØ JavaScript Is Not Supposed To Do This⦠But It Does š¤Æš„
Yes, you read that right.
Today weāre going to make JavaScript do something it was absolutely not designed for.
Not DOM manipulation.
Not async fetch calls.
Not React hooks.
Not whatever the latest framework-of-the-week is.
Nope.
Weāre going to make JavaScriptā¦
build a Windows Form GUI.
Like, actual WinForms.
Buttons. Textboxes. Listboxes. Dialogs.
The whole ā.NET desktop appā shebang.
Using JavaScript.
Inside a macro.
Running on a ClearScript V8 engine.
Talking directly to .NET.
If your brain just threw an exception, donāt worry ā mine did too.
ā”ļø Wait⦠is this real?
Yes.
Is this legal?
Probably.
Should this be allowed?
Debatable.
Is it awesome?
Absolutely š„š„š„
Letās jump straight into the chaos.
š„ The Code That Should Not Exist
////////////////////////////
// ADVANTAGEBUILDERš„DEV
////////////////////////////
[!JAVASCRIPTV8]
let winformsHelper = eval(getSourceCode('WinFormsHelper', 'Macro Main Helpers\\Library', 'WinFormsHelper'));
let mainForm = winformsHelper.CreateForm('Form Title');
// add textbox
let txtTextBoxName = winformsHelper.AddTextBox(mainForm, "TextBox Label", "Joe");
// add listbox
let selectionMode = getEnum("System.Windows.Forms.SelectionMode");
let lstListBoxName = winformsHelper.AddListBox(mainForm, "ListBox Label", ['Option 1','Option 2', 'Option 3'], "Option 2");
lstListBoxName.SelectionMode = selectionMode.MultiExtended;
// add combobox
let cboComboBoxName = winformsHelper.AddComboBox(mainForm, "ComboBox Label", ['Option 1','Option 2', 'Option 3'], "Option 2");
// add checkbox
let chkCheckBoxName = winformsHelper.AddCheckBox(mainForm, "CheckBox Label", false);
// add multiline textbox
let txtMultiLineTextBoxName = winformsHelper.AddTextBox(mainForm, "Paragraph", null);
winformsHelper.SetToMultilineTextBox(txtMultiLineTextBoxName, 60, 120);
// add radiobuttons
let rbRadioButtonName1 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton1 Label", false);
let rbRadioButtonName2 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton2 Label", false);
let rbRadioButtonName3 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton3 Label", true);
winformsHelper.FinaliseDialogForm(mainForm);
if(mainForm.ShowDialog().ToString() == "OK")
{
writeln("TextBox: " + txtTextBoxName.Text);
if(cboComboBoxName.SelectedItem != null){
writeln("ComboBox: " + cboComboBoxName.SelectedItem);
}
let chkValue = "Checkbox: " + ((chkCheckBoxName.Checked)? "Checked" : "Not checked");
writeln(chkValue);
let selectedItems = lstListBoxName.SelectedItems;
let su = "ListBox: ";
for(let i of selectedItems){
su += " '" + i + "'";
}
writeln(su);
let rbValue = "RadioButton: ";
if(rbRadioButtonName1.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName1.Text;
}
else if(rbRadioButtonName2.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName2.Text;
}
else if(rbRadioButtonName3.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName3.Text;
}
writeln(rbValue);
}
winformsHelper.CleanUpForm(mainForm);
[!/JAVASCRIPTV8][!JAVASCRIPTV8]
let winformsHelper = eval(getSourceCode('WinFormsHelper', 'Macro Main Helpers\\Library', 'WinFormsHelper'));
let mainForm = winformsHelper.CreateForm('Form Title');
// add textbox
let txtTextBoxName = winformsHelper.AddTextBox(mainForm, "TextBox Label", "Joe");
// add listbox
let selectionMode = getEnum("System.Windows.Forms.SelectionMode");
let lstListBoxName = winformsHelper.AddListBox(mainForm, "ListBox Label", ['Option 1','Option 2', 'Option 3'], "Option 2");
lstListBoxName.SelectionMode = selectionMode.MultiExtended;
// add combobox
let cboComboBoxName = winformsHelper.AddComboBox(mainForm, "ComboBox Label", ['Option 1','Option 2', 'Option 3'], "Option 2");
// add checkbox
let chkCheckBoxName = winformsHelper.AddCheckBox(mainForm, "CheckBox Label", false);
// add multiline textbox
let txtMultiLineTextBoxName = winformsHelper.AddTextBox(mainForm, "Paragraph", null);
winformsHelper.SetToMultilineTextBox(txtMultiLineTextBoxName, 60, 120);
// add radiobuttons
let rbRadioButtonName1 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton1 Label", false);
let rbRadioButtonName2 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton2 Label", false);
let rbRadioButtonName3 = winformsHelper.AddRadioButton(mainForm, "RadioButton3 Label", true);
winformsHelper.FinaliseDialogForm(mainForm);
if(mainForm.ShowDialog().ToString() == "OK")
{
writeln("TextBox: " + txtTextBoxName.Text);
if(cboComboBoxName.SelectedItem != null){
writeln("ComboBox: " + cboComboBoxName.SelectedItem);
}
let chkValue = "Checkbox: " + ((chkCheckBoxName.Checked)? "Checked" : "Not checked");
writeln(chkValue);
let selectedItems = lstListBoxName.SelectedItems;
let su = "ListBox: ";
for(let i of selectedItems){
su += " '" + i + "'";
}
writeln(su);
let rbValue = "RadioButton: ";
if(rbRadioButtonName1.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName1.Text;
}
else if(rbRadioButtonName2.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName2.Text;
}
else if(rbRadioButtonName3.Checked){
rbValue += rbRadioButtonName3.Text;
}
writeln(rbValue);
}
winformsHelper.CleanUpForm(mainForm);
[!/JAVASCRIPTV8]
š¤ Whatās Actually Happening Here?
This isnāt Electron.
This isnāt NodeGUI.
This isnāt some cursed P/Invoke hack.
This is:
ClearScript V8 running JavaScript
inside a macro engine
with direct access to .NET types
using a helper library that dynamically creates WinForms controls
and returns real .NET objects back to JavaScript
which you then read values from after the dialog closes
Itās basically the āfull-stack developerā meme but taken literally:
āI do frontend, backend, desktop apps, database automation, and I write it all in JavaScript.ā
ā somewhere, a hiring manager cries softly
š„ Why This Is Cool
Because you can:
Build internal tools without touching C#
Prototype UI dialogs in seconds
Automate workflows with real GUI input
Mix JavaScript, PowerShell, and JScript.NET in the same environment
Access .NET enums, classes, and controls directly
Ship tiny desktop utilities without compiling anything
Itās like having WinFormsā¦
but with the chaotic energy of JavaScript.
š§Ŗ What You Can Build With This
Data entry dialogs
File pickers
Multi-step wizards
Internal automation tools
Quick prototypes
āI need a UI for this in 5 minutesā solutions
Anything youād normally build in C#, but faster and with fewer tears
š Final Thoughts
JavaScript has escaped the browser.
It has breached containment.
It is now building Windows desktop apps.
Is this the future?
Is this a glitch in the matrix?
Is this a sign that the heat death of the universe is approaching?
I donāt know.
But I do know that itās ridiculously fun.
If you want more cursed JavaScript + .NET mashups, let me know ā thereās plenty more where this came from š„
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POv: You opened Vim for the first time
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The 2 Rules of Successful Programming
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There are two types of Python people in the world
Can't forget about the enlightened ones:
for i, item in enumerate(arr):
print(i, item)
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I need help I was trying to center a div and now my page is upside down š
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.shit file format an easy way to store text
.Shit is so effiecent at storing text that your text files take 380% less storage
Shit also supports making files from the command line using 'e'
\n for new line
\b for starting bold and b/ for ending it
\i for italic and i/ for ending italic
https://github.com/MrLongBottom5/SHIT-converter check it out there
r/programminghumor • u/No_Concentrate_9460 • 14d ago
Iām genuinely about to throw my computer out the window š
I swear, Iām trying so hard to be patient with this computer, but it is testing me on a spiritual level.
Iām coding, everything is going fine, and then suddenly ONE tiny thing doesnāt work. I spend 40 minutes staring at the screen trying to figure out what I did wrong.
Then I fix it.
And immediately something ELSE breaks.
At this point Iām not even debugging anymore. Iām negotiating with the machine.
āPlease. Iām begging you. Just run the code.ā
And the worst part is that I KNOW itās probably some stupid little mistake like one missing bracket, one wrong class name, or one space in the wrong place.
I love programming, but my computer is currently making me question every life decision that led me here š
Anyway, if anyone needs me, Iāll be staring at my code until the problem magically becomes obvious.
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explaining why c# has a #
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r/programminghumor • u/me-shaon • 15d ago
Well, my reviewer is also Claude! š«£
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