13. May 2009 02:34
Okay, I love Javascript. It is hands down my favorite language (C# is a near second). In fact, it was the first language I ever learned, even before having a good handle on html markup in the mid-90s. I used it server-side with Livewire on Netscape server. I transitioned to (now Cassic) ASP, and picked up vbscript (COM enumerations via JScript were so evil). When .Net first came out, i hacked my way through using the JScript .net command-line compiler, and early ASP.Net (ASP+), after translating a litteral ton of code from VB.Net and C# samples, I caved and learned C#. Allong the way, I picked up on several SQL Dialects, VB6, some perl and others; but I always get back to Javascript. More...
12. September 2008 08:55
Okay, this snuck by me a couple weeks ago, but the Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK 0.3.0 was pushed out on August 30th, 2008. Although the main focus of this SDK is for use in Silverlight, the DLR included in this SDK can be used to generate a nice, multi-language scripting environment for your own applications.
27. August 2008 12:33
Okay, so you want to trim a string in JavaScript/JScript/EcmaScript, but you find that the functionality just isn't built in. Here's a quick little snippet that will add said functionality pretty easily. More...
7. July 2008 12:03
Okay, so it isn't so much embedding as it is hosting. A lot of attention is going out to the use of the DLR for the upcoming Silverlight 2 release, which is great. However, what gets lost is the simple ability to use the DLR as a scripting environment for your own projects. More...