Dynamic Silverlight and a bit of Ruby

About me Tom Adriaenssen Freelance Developer .Net, PHP, websites, desktop apps My blogs: http://blog.blergh.be http://codedump.blergh.be http://www.inferis.org/kindjes (shameless plug) I run Windows on a Macbook Pro

Tom Adriaenssen

Freelance Developer

.Net, PHP, websites, desktop apps

My blogs:

http://blog.blergh.be

http://codedump.blergh.be

http://www.inferis.org/kindjes (shameless plug)

I run Windows on a Macbook Pro

Talking about Disclaimer CLR DLR Silverlight Silverlight 1.0 Silverlight 2.0 Dynamic Silverlight

Disclaimer

CLR

DLR

Silverlight

Silverlight 1.0

Silverlight 2.0

Dynamic Silverlight

CLR Common Language Runtime Core of the .Net Framework Created to support multiple languages Statically typed Provider of common services for a language JIT GC Security Debugging ...

Common Language Runtime

Core of the .Net Framework

Created to support multiple languages

Statically typed

Provider of common services for a language

JIT

GC

Security

Debugging

...

DLR Dynamic Language Runtime Superset of the CLR Dynamic language support (shared) dynamic type system var foo = bar() Hosting model Allows apps to include scripting without much work Fast codegeneration Eval

Dynamic Language Runtime

Superset of the CLR

Dynamic language support

(shared) dynamic type system

var foo = bar()

Hosting model

Allows apps to include scripting without much work

Fast codegeneration

Eval

DLR Available languages ATM: Visual Basic Javascript/ecmascript Ruby Python Open source: source available under the MS-PL

Available languages ATM:

Visual Basic

Javascript/ecmascript

Ruby

Python

Open source:

source available under the MS-PL

Silverlight The Evil Empire’s version of Flash Not equivalent to AIR Runs in the browser, not standalone Supported on Windows, MacOS X and on Linux through Moonlight Uses the “same” markup as WPF Silverlight markup can be used in WPF Vice versa is more difficult

The Evil Empire’s version of Flash

Not equivalent to AIR

Runs in the browser, not standalone

Supported on Windows, MacOS X and on Linux through Moonlight

Uses the “same” markup as WPF

Silverlight markup can be used in WPF

Vice versa is more difficult

Silverlight 1.0 XAML (markup) + Javascript (code) XAML = display Browser = scripting Good for media (video, 3D animation) No real link with .Net, except for XAML

XAML (markup) + Javascript (code)

XAML = display

Browser = scripting

Good for media (video, 3D animation)

No real link with .Net, except for XAML

Silverlight 2.0 XAML (markup) + dll (code) Previously versioned 1.1 Still in beta Subset of the .Net Framework Code reuse More features than Silverlight 1.0 Eg 2.0 has Controls, 1.0 doesn’t have them Relatively small footprint (4mb, download once) Updates automatically

XAML (markup) + dll (code)

Previously versioned 1.1

Still in beta

Subset of the .Net Framework

Code reuse

More features than Silverlight 1.0

Eg 2.0 has Controls, 1.0 doesn’t have them

Relatively small footprint (4mb, download once)

Updates automatically

Dynamic Silverlight Adds support for DLR languages to Silverlight for end user = result is the same For developer = more choice More choice = good Specific DLR language runtime support is delivered with each Silverlight app Can be packaged separately to reduce download size Cached on client

Adds support for DLR languages to Silverlight

for end user = result is the same

For developer = more choice

More choice = good

Specific DLR language runtime support is delivered with each Silverlight app

Can be packaged separately to reduce download size

Cached on client

Demo VERY BASIC Silverlight App Demonstrates: Coded in Ruby (thanks to DLR) Calls into C# dll (DLR and CLR interop)

VERY BASIC Silverlight App

Demonstrates:

Coded in Ruby (thanks to DLR)

Calls into C# dll (DLR and CLR interop)