Infoworld compared between silverlight and flash, and silverlight passed flash and scored 8. Download scientific diagram architecture of the silverlight 2. Microsofts silverlight gunning for flash wired microsofts. The dynamic language runtime is built on the idea that it is possible to implement language specificities on top of a generic language agnostic abstract syntax tree, whose nodes correspond to a specific functionality that is common to many dynamic languages. Net library that we call the dynamic language runtime or dlr for. The dynamic language runtime dlr from microsoft runs on top of the common language. Lam discussing the dynamic language runtime, silverlight and ruby. Silverlight contains a downloader object, through which you can download scripts, media files, etc. Blend and expression design will probably ship as a final product, or a new beta will be released. Silverlight will run on multiple browsers and operating systems, including mac os x. Ironruby, ironpython and the dynamic language runtime nick hodge professional geek, microsoft australia. One of the instructions calls the language compiler such as.
Refer to the microsoft silverlight installation page for end user runtime. When my team was integrating dynamic languages into silverlighttm, we immediately wanted to be able to play with silverlight. Program silverlight with the coreclr microsoft docs. Silverlight works extremely fast, especially on sites coded with ajax. Large pieces of silverlight, including the dynamic language runtime dlr, are. New components and contributors for ironpython and. Dynamic languages back to just text with silverlight.
Specifically, the dynamic language runtime dlr component of silverlight will be released under an open source license. Unlike flash it can be programmed with a choice of languages, and through the dynamic language runtime it can be programmed in python, ruby and javascript. The clr has always been a great environment for dynamic languages and over the last several years we have built out additional dynamic language support for the. The dynamic language runtime enables language developers to create dynamic languages for. Net runtime, but instead of dealing with a large download and the complexities of the windows installer, the user has a small download of about 4mb, all handled within the browser. Also included is a new dynamic language runtime dlr layer and. A dynamic language is interpreted at runtime, meaning it is possible to add new code while a program is executing. Silverlight 2 final is now out, and according to scott guthrie has now been installed on over 100 million consumer computers. Net and ruby developers write web applications for windows and the mac. Mix 07, silverlight, dynamic languages runtime and. Screenshots of microsofts silverlight plugin and the applications that have been built on top of the runtime so far in the silverlight gallery.
Net framework, multiple instances of the coreclr included in silverlight. Oss silverlight implementation moonlight shines bright. Putting mix, silverlight, the coreclr and the dlr into context. Net, silverlight will be able to support 37 languages and run 300 to 1,000 times faster inside the web browser than using native javascript, according to scott guthrie, general. That is the big news at microsofts mix07 conference, where delegates have seen demos of. Silverlight has direct support for both jscript and managed jscript, which is jscript executing on the dynamic language runtime. The impact of the new dynamic language runtime should not be underestimated. Ironruby is an implementation of the ruby programming language targeting microsoft. Putting mix, silverlight, the coreclr and the dlr into. I am currently referring to the advent of the cross platform dynamic language runtime dlr.
Does silverlight deserve that much attention or microsoft is just creating a hype anout it. Agdlr, the silverlight dynamic languages sdk, has a new release available. Silverlight was announced a few weeks ago as a crossplatform rich media runtime. It runs on windows and mac osx, supporting firefox, ie and safari with. Adds deep zoom, drm, adaptive streaming, full control set skinable styles, data binding. Net futures may 2007 this release includes silverlight controls for asp.
Ironpython is an implementation of python, the popular dynamic programming language. Agdlr provides a bridge between silverlight and the dynamic language runtime dlr. Binding to dynamic properties with icustomtypeprovider. Putting mix, silverlight, the coreclr and the dlr into context may 1, 07 comments 28.
During build, vs executes the build instructions contained in the. The dynamic language you are likely most familiar with is jscript. Microsoft adds opensource twist to silverlight cio. The voidspace techie blog voidspace by michael foord. The dynamic language runtime dlr is a runtime environment that adds a set of services for dynamic languages to the common language runtime clr. Through some clever programming by jim hugunin, dlrconsole was born. Smooth streaming dynamically detects and seamlessly switches, in real time, the. Scott guthrie made a strong case for developer extension of the rich browser, and ray ozzie cracked open the tiniest ray of hope that office apps could conspire with silverlight to create lockin around the new web runtime.
Vb 10 takes advantage of a silverlight feature called the dynamic language runtime or dlr. Silverlight is the microsoft cross platform browser plugin that lets you execute python code or ruby in the browser. Hes the creator of rubyclr and, as it happens, he joined microsoft on the same day i did. Net framework, with the full common language runtime as. Silverlight is a subset of wpf because its considered to be the crossplatform version of wpf and while wpf focuses on desktop development, silverlight focuses on web development. By using microsofts new dynamic language runtime dlr silverlight also supports python, ruby, and javascript in a. Net languages, including dynamic programming languages such as iron ruby and iron python, which in turn are executed in dlr dynamic language runtime, rather than clr common language runtime. The dynamic languages currently available from microsoft for silverlight are ironpython, ironruby and managed jscript. Fortunately, microsoft released the source code of.
Microsoft announces a new dynamic language runtime to enable dynamic languages such as python, javascript and ruby to talk to each other, and the company is using silverlight as a distribution. In a sense, the repl approach is a way of turning programming into playing. Managed javascript is ecmascript compliant ecmascript 3. Net code running on both windows and the mac, hosted in a future version of silverlight, the video. Also, if youre going to be at pdc, please come to my talk and see what grant archibald and i have been working on. Silverlight allows the of al the multimedia distribution are allowed by silverlight which is part of an application with supporting high definition hd video at 720p resolution. A conversation with john lam about the dynamic language. Dynamic language runtime enabled dynamic language runtime dlr adds a small set of services to the clr designed explicitly for dynamic language scenarios. Microsoft adds opensource twist to silverlight infoworld. Net cultures is different for the same cultures in mac os x. Net framework through efforts like the dynamic language runtime dlr and language implementations on top of the dlr. Net framework and to add dynamic features to statically typed languages. Monday, may 21, 2007 silverlight for mac designers.
Introduction to dynamic language runtime dlr the dynamic language runtime dlr from microsoft is an effort to bring a set of services that run on top of the common language runtime clr, in upcoming. Mono developers to bring silverlight to linux ars technica. At the mix 07 conference on monday, microsoft touted the ability to write silverlight web applications that run on internet explorer, firefox and the safari browser on mac os. Ironpython and the microsoft dynamic language runtime. Boasting a feature called dynamic language runtime, it allows you to code applications in ruby, python or asp.
The dlr shipped earlier this year as a builtin component. It is implemented on top of the dynamic language runtime dlr, a library running on top of the common language infrastructure that provides dynamic typing and dynamic method dispatch, among other things, for dynamic languages. Net browser plugin that runs on windows and the mac and a mono port called moonlight runs on linux. When the dynamic languages integration was first announced one of the big advantages that was touted was that it was all just text. Through silverlight it is possible to create dynamic applications and natively.
This is why dynamic language advocates often say, you just have to play with it. However, since this project provides a bridge between silverlight and the dynamic language runtime dlr, any language running on the dlr will be enabled to build silverlight applications. How can you use dynamic language runtime dlr or something else to mimic system. Using the power of the new dynamic language runtime, developers. This includes the type system and metadata, the garbage collector. Microsoft adds opensource twist to silverlight redmond adds dynamic language support to its new browser plugin technology. Net runtime running on a mac, im assuming it would be pretty.
Another question that many of you might have is whether this feature has anything to do with the dynamic language runtime dlr, which is a part of the. Net common language runtime and in microsoft silverlight could allow remote. Silverlight will include clr, support for dynamic languages capability will allow developers to program against silverlight for both windows and mac environments using any. Moonlight open source silverlight on mono sitepoint. At release, silverlight will work with mac as well as windows. Microsoft monday broadened the developer base and programming capabilities for silverlight by adding dynamic language support to an alpha version of the browser plugin technology. With silverlight, you can allow viewers to download content from your site or simply stream content in realtime. The dlr makes it easier to develop dynamic languages to run on the. The dlr will serve as the core engine for silverlight and helps provide ms with an in road into the world of mac \linux\whatever. Nets new dynamic language runtime dlra critical component of silverlight under a highlypermissive opensource license.
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