RemoteSkin for the Web

RemoteSkin for the Web is a distributed Micro-UI framework. It lets application parts run as services on nyssr.net nodes while their interface is rendered in an HTML browser.

The pieces

A RemoteSkin application connects a browser to the node network through a small set of components:

• an HTML frame page
• a small native Java web server plugin
• JavaScript in the browser
• a WebSocket server plugin on the node
• application and UI services distributed across the network

The browser script opens a WebSocket connection to the node. On the node side, that connection is represented by a target address. Any object that can address the target can send messages that change the browser DOM.

Key idea: The browser is the rendering surface; application and UI services can run on any suitable node and communicate with it through messages.

Start a distributed dialog

When a dialog is initiated by message, it receives the context it needs:

• a session token
• the RemoteSkin client connection address
• the owner's target address
• the parent DOM element that receives the new content
• application-specific parameters

The dialog can then obtain its own data and render its UI independently. Generic messages start dialogs, so the application does not need a separate API for each dialog type.

Why this is useful

• UI parts can be deployed independently
• Services can stay close to the data they use
• Multiple applications can share UI services
• The HTML client remains small and focused on rendering
• Message-based communication keeps UI and backend loosely coupled

RemoteSkin is therefore a practical layer on top of nyssr.net for distributed HTML Micro-UIs.