Silverlight IDE possiblities for DekiScript, Javascript, PowerShell, Ironpython, Ironruby and above.
July 8th, 2010 by KarlI’m a huge fan on Mindtouch, it’s awesome RESTful Web Orientated Architecture with Dream that makes REST a pleasure but also in a powerful and performant manner with a great async coroutine architecture, and their main product has a build in language Called Dekiscript and i wanted to through together a proof of concept editor for it and that is what is below, but read also afterwards about the possibilities beyond a niche language for one product albiet a great product.
Here is a Link to where i have the interactive demo
Here is a screenshot

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Here is a Link to where i have the interactive demo
PowerShell
A PowerShell web front end that can talk to the backend using ShellTools PowerShell Job Server , or PoshBoard or PowerGui Pro. With intellisense data coming from your servers, as well as abilities to use Siverlight isolated storage for script repositories/snippets or get hook up to a web based service for that whether it be Evernote, google docs or such?
HTML
Imagine it as an altnerative editor for the SOURCE version, whether for your CMS, with CKeditor, WordPress or such? a nice editor, with rich features, and code completion?
Javascript
A javascript editor that runs real in the browser. where code completion is running against the real life objects you are working with. the ability to quickly run and prototype javascript right there and then, or maybe even include it as an optional interface inside a firefox plugin or firebug or such?
IronRuby , IronPython, Script for .Net , Jint and other DLR languages
With various techniques and gestalt bring other languages into the browser and actually enjoy the code sculpting process right there in the browser without a second class citizen experience typical of web editors. Also with IronRuby and the like you could have macros and all running right there and then and with
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July 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
This is awesome! You need to guest blog post this at the MindTouch Dev Blog.
July 9th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
sounds like a plan
September 13th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Hey Karl, did you ever go any further with this?