JSIL: CIL to Javascript Compiler

Also check out the demos at http://jsil.org/

The developer has implemented very basic functionality[1] of the XNA library (so there are games :D).

Programming a complete game in .NET (super-powerful IDEs, with code-completion and integrated debuggers, profiles is nice), then deploying it to the Web is a pretty cool thing. Of course this project is not nearly as mature[2] as GWT.

But I like the approach of compiling bytecode better, than GWTs Java compilations. Many cool .NET languages exist (like F#), which you can use that way.

[1]: that's basically it https://github.com/kevingadd/JSIL/blob/master/Libraries/JSIL...

[2]: page says "JSIL is still in development. You will hit bugs."

Also check out the author's blog, which has articles about the creation of this compiler and some of the challenges involved.

http://www.luminance.org/

JSIL is awesome. It's exactly in the direction we want. .NET client-side code.

We are hoping Kevin & the JSIL community follow the Knockout JS approach, with HTML5 databinding to ViewModels written in C#, compiled to Javascript.

Just think - C# ViewModels calling a WCF service, from Javascript. Pretty awesome direction.

Ryan

This is pretty impressive.

Full disclosure: I'm a Mac guy.

I don't understand why I'd want this, though I would desperately love to understand why one would. Can anyone help?

Please & thank you.