IronRuby: Ruby on the .NET Platform

Ruby on the .NET Platform Andre John Cruz Microsoft MVP – C#

IronRuby Ruby on the .NET Platform Introduction Why Ruby? Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) Invoking the DLR in C# code Silverlight in Ruby Possible directions

Introduction Ruby is growing in popularity Mostly because of the Rails web framework Expressive language (you’ll see later!) Expressiveness is POWER IronRuby Microsoft project to have Ruby running on the .NET platform Similar efforts elsewhere: JRuby, MagLev, Rubinius… IronRuby 0.5.0 was just released 20 May 2009

Why Ruby? See for yourself… Expressive syntax (POWER!) Dynamic typing Look ma, no interfaces Mixins Metaprogramming Can _______ (fill the blank) do that?

Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) Factored out from IronPython development One runtime for all dynamic languages out there IronPython IronRuby VBx Managed Javascript …maybe more, from the community? Can be embedded into CLR applications

Invoking the DLR Demo: calling IronRuby inside a C# app

Silverlight with Ruby Demo: Silverlight web app, written in IronRuby

Downsides No IDE integration…yet No LINQ tools…yet Web-based apps (ASP.NET, Silverlight) need Chiron tool Need to include IronRuby and DLR into Silverlight XAP file to be sent to client browser No WPF data binding…yet

Possible directions Polyglot programmer trend Use the best language for the task Use the best platform for the task…the .NET Framework  DLR gives apps instant scripting capabilities IronRuby (and IronPython) to have better support in Visual Studio for app development We should see cool app frameworks for WPF, Silverlight and ASP.NET (and even ADO.NET) soon!

Questions?

References www.ironruby.net sdlsdk.codeplex.com www.ruby-lang.org Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ My blog: devpinoy.org/blogs/cruizer

IronRuby: Ruby on the .NET Platform

by Andre John Cruz on May 26, 2009

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

1 Embed 7

Statistics

IronRuby: Ruby on the .NET Platform — Presentation Transcript