Comments on: Script# Prototype: Microsoft’s GWT

By: Michael Sync

Michael Sync — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:25:18 +0000

oh. it seems like Script# exists on the net for year… but I got to know about that yesterday :(

By: Benjy

Benjy — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:26:29 +0000

I dont think that anyone is ashamed of Javascript. The point is to make it more accessible and easier to develop by the masses of web developers who are not gurus in Javascript. The tools will generate Javascript eventually and can be good sources of learning. Dismissing tools like this (GWT or Script#) is akin to dismissing IDE’s completely and saying that we should all develop in notepad or vi. No one is forcing anyone to use these tools anyway.

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Fri, 26 May 2006 18:19:43 +0000

[...] Script# Prototype: Microsoft s GWTNikhil Kothari released a prototype of Script#, a toolkit that generates JavaScript code from C# code, similar to the recent Google Web Toolkit. The fundamental goal was to improve the state of the art in scripting. … [...]

By: Valery Silaev

Valery Silaev — Fri, 26 May 2006 08:09:12 +0000

:)))
And why not JScript.NET?

Interesting times! Scripting languages go to server-side because they boost productivity; statically-typed languages are used to write browser applications because scripting languages slow down development (no code completion, hard to debug)… JavaScript is to be replaced by JAVA(Script) with all of these JS2.0 features… XForms are abandoned and Ajax UI toolkits emerging. RIA is a buzzword, but no one see that .NET CLR is already at every user machine with IE, and JRE is almost with every user machine… And there are IE HTC and Mozilla XUL that are used only by Dean Edwards to make Mozilla looks more like IE6.0 and to make IE6.0 looks more like Mozilla ;)

By: Krzysztof

Krzysztof — Wed, 24 May 2006 20:33:33 +0000

I agree both hands with Glazkov. Why all they want to hide JavaScript from developer? Is there something to be shamed about?
Note that not only the term Script# mimics C# (and J#), but also namespace ScriptFX (used in generated script) mimics WinFX. I wonder whether it has additional meaning.
The phrase from Some historical context… section:
“I was planning on posting an announcement just last week. It’s very coincidental that the folks at Google have been thinking along similar lines. I guess I should have posted this stuff a few days back :-)”
is my favorite.
Cheers,

By: Average Ajax

Average Ajax — Wed, 24 May 2006 20:31:01 +0000

This tool is no more useful than the Google Java-to-Javascript compiler, as it also does not offer source code for the compiler.

By: Denstone

Denstone — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:26:33 +0000

James Tauber releases an early version in Python language too: Primitive Python Version of GWT Working

By: JaViS

JaViS — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:59:00 +0000

A lot of shit, seems like peoble are scary with JS..

By: Julien Couvreur

Julien Couvreur — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:42:27 +0000

It’s pretty cool. There are some differences with GWT: first, the generated code is way cleaner and second, Script# doesn’t have the concept of a hosted mode (you can’t run and debug the C# code, although this probably could be added).

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:16:06 +0000

if only they supported the lambda functions that C# 3 supports :) that would be insanely sexy

By: Dean Edwards

Dean Edwards — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:36:57 +0000

BTW. The last couple of comments I’ve submitted to your site has produced an error page with this message: “[code=SERVER_RESPONSE_CLOSE] The server closed the connection while reading the response. Contact your system administrator."

Problems with your Ajax? ;-)