More Javascript Code Generators and Another Ajax OS

Dietrich Kappe, Monday, September 18, 2006 @ 8:00 am

So, I missed two Javascript code generators, found the new home of a third, and found one more Ajax OS beastie. First the code generators:

• ParenScript has a new home. This is the Lisp->Javascript code generator. An example:

  (js
  (defun foobar (a b)
  (return (+ a b))))
  

  and the Javascript:

  function foobar(a, b) {
  return a + b;
  }
  

• ST2JS - A smalltalk to Javascript translator. Not a project overflowing with documentation and friendly explanations.
• jsc - this is another C# (or ) to Javascript code generator.
  
  

  The compiler extracts CIL from a .net assembly. It filters out the classes which are marked with the ScriptAttribute. It selects the target language and emits the source.

  I've already blogged about this tool once before, but it does belong in any listing of Javascript code generators, so in it goes.

Next, on the heels of our entry on Atomic OS, we have another cute little command line shell toy in Ajax: JS/UIX Terminal.

It's cute to be able to play invaders in the browser, for about 5 minutes. Under the covers, it purports to be an OS written in Javascript, implemented on top of the browser:

JS/UIX is an UN*X-like OS for standard web-browsers, written entirely in JavaScript (no plug-ins used). It comprises a virtual machine, shell, virtual file-system, process-management, and brings its own terminal with screen- and keyboard-mapping.

Cute as well, and probably an interesting learning experience. Not sure if the OS on top of the Browser is where the future of Ajax is. Abstracting services down to that level seems like overkill.

Technorati : C#, ajax, ajax os, code generation, lisp, smalltalk

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   i want 2 make a script for orkut how we make it plzzz reply….

   Comment by Shahrose Mohsin, Monday, September 18, 2006 @ 8:58 am

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