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ECMAScript Candidate Specification Published

by Peter Galli on April 10, 2009

The candidate specification of the ECMAScript language standard - known as ECMA-262, was published on April 9. ECMAScript is the scripting language used to create web pages with dynamic behavior, and is more commonly known as JavaScript. It is a component... more

• Friday, April 10, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Web Sandbox Source Now Available Under Apache License 2.0

by Peter Galli on January 26, 2009

Microsoft has released more source code under an OSI-approved license: this time it has made the source code for the Web Sandbox runtime available under the Apache 2.0 open source license. The Web Sandbox project explores how to advance the web platform... more

• Monday, January 26, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Python, Java, Ruby, Oh My! Silverlight Alpha 1.1 ships with Dynamic Language Support

by MichaelF on April 30, 2007

Mix 07 kicked off today with keynotes from Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie. Amongst announcements regarding media and Silverlight Scott Guthrie announced the release of a cross-platform version of the .NET framework within Silverlight Alpha 1.1. Included is a Dynamic Language Runtime that allows developers to use languages such as Python, Java and Ruby to program in Silverlight...... more

• Monday, April 30, 2007
• in: Community
• MichaelF