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Language Designers: Add WPF Support to Your .NET Language
A new version of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SDK preview has been released. Among the new samples is a way to add WPF support to a .NET language.
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Mozilla Paints the Future of Web Scripting with Monkeys
There has been a lot of Monkey talk going on in the Mozilla circles centered around 5 different projects at Mozilla. All of the projects are powerful and telling about the future of browser scripting.
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The IronPython, Unicode, and Fragmentation Debate
Unlike the canonical implementation, IronPython implements the str class as Unicode rather than an ASCII byte stream. While some are saying this is a serious fragmentation issue, others say it is no big deal.
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ASP.NET Futures to Include Support for Ruby?
The Microsoft website ASP.NET has released the May 2007 edition of ASP.NET Futures. This release demonstrates potential features for post-Orcas versions of ASP.NET including Sivlerlight controls and dynamic language support.
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Microsoft Surpasses Java's Dynamic Language Support?
Microsoft's announcement of the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) has caused quite a stir in many areas, also in the Java space. Many voices seem convinced that the DLR has given .NET a major head start over the JVM, because it solves many problems Java is only just starting to realize. We look at the current situation of dynamic language support and how it compares to the DLR.
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Jasper: ORM without Code Generators or Configuration Files
Jasper is Microsoft's new ORM project designed for rapid application development. And unlike earlier Microsoft projects, this one does not require code generators. The goal? To "make the experience of developing quick and dirty database apps one that is truly quick and clean."
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Dynamic Language Runtime Announced
Microsoft has announced that they are building an extension to the Common Language Runtime called the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR). This extension is being designed to enable interoperability between dynamic languages in the same manner that the CLR enabled interoperability between statically typed languages.
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Microsoft has brought .NET to the World of Robotics
Seeing parallels between the computer industry of 30 years ago and the robotics industry of today, Microsoft is determined to not be left out of the next big thing. For their initial play, Microsoft has released the Microsoft Robotics Studio.
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IronPython for ASP.NET
Microsoft has released an extension that allows IronPython to be used with ASP.NET. More importantly, they have created a route for other dynamic languages to tie into the ASP.Net framework.
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IronPython 1.0 Released
On September 5, Microsoft released the first production version of IronPython. This implementation of Python runs on the Common Language Runtime 2.0. IronPython 1.0 can be downloaded from CodePlex, Microsoft's community development web site.