Interpreting JavaScript outside of the browser?

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This is more out of curiosity that a real requirement, but I'm wondering if it's possible to treat JavaScript as (ideally) a first-class .NET citizen, or (secondarily) have some way of invoking/interpreting pure JavaScript functions (that don't require the DOM) in a desktop setting?

Has anyone ever attempted implementing a CLR version of JavaScript? Something tugs at the back of my mind concerning this, but now that I think about it it was probably PHP, not JavaScript.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:36

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For your second option, there's Rhino and things like it.

answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:36

MarkusQ

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:54

Using the DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime) you can use Managed JScript. See the official JScript blog from Microsoft here.

http://blogs.msdn.com/jscript/archive/2007/05/04/managed-jscript-announced.aspx

This is goes for Ruby (IronRuby), Python (IronPython), and Dynamic VB. You can also write your own DLR language.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:53

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JScript is available on .NET as a first-class citizen. It's not exactly JavaScript, but it may be close enough for your needs.

answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:53

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:35

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According to this page, there used to be 2 "implementations" on the CLR:

http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/nettools/articles/8060.aspx

But both seem to be dead...

answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:35

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:37

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It's perfectly possible to run JavaScript applications without the use of a web browser. You can do this just by running the application using cscript (typically javascript files end with .js).

answered Mar 15 '09 at 21:37

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Oh hey Pete! Didn't notice that was you. :) Unfortunately I'm looking for a solution that I can embed into an application, but that's interesting and I didn't know you could do that! – devios1 Mar 18 '09 at 03:25
Going well--I've given up on WPF and am switching to the web side of things a la ASP.NET MVC, AJAX and such nifty acronyms. ;) Luckily my work is not bound to any particular OS (though my knowledge is still mostly .NET). – devios1 Mar 19 '09 at 20:23

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 18 '11 at 20:44

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You can also run .js files with node.js. Hope this helps someone else.

answered Sep 18 '11 at 20:44

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Interpreting JavaScript outside of the browser?

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