Michel Claveau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> SilverLight ("MS flash killer"), is a plug-in for InternetExplorer
> (Win), FireFox (Win), and Safari (Mac).
> The release 1.1-Alpha come with JScript & Python (or ironPython?)
IronPython.
> Perhaps SilverLight is a new substitute for Python-Active-Scripting in
> IE.
It can do much more than active scripting.
>
> But, I don't had try SilverLight...
Have you at least run the demos? To run the demos you just need Windows
or a Mac (or a virtual machine running windows) and install the
Silverlight 1.1 alpha.
>
> Who had try it?
>
There are some nice demos at
http://silverlight.net/themes/silverlight/community/gallerydetail.aspx?cat=2
In particular the DLRconsole
(http://silverlight.net/Samples/1.1/DLR-Console/python/index.htm) gives
you an interactive prompt to play with IronPython (or JScript) and XAML.
The big drawback is that despite being trumpeted as cross-platform it
runs on Windows and Mac but not Linux. The technology looks very
tempting, so much so that I can see a lot of people are going to use it.
I balked at downloading the full 5.6Gb Visual Studio beta, but once you
have the plugin installed in your browser you can run IronPython + xaml
directly from your local disc (or a web server). e.g. Download the
PhotoViewer demo and unzip and you can then immediately start hacking
the Python file. I haven't tried running it from an Apache server yet
but there since the code is just client-side it should all work (although
until it gets out of Alpha you can't actually use it for anything real).
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