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What is scriptcs?

OSS project enabling rich C# scripting experience

Script and execute -or- use REPL

Low ceremony, lightweight

Use your favorite text editor

No compilation/projects/solutions

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Now C#!

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Key scriptcs features Relaxed C# syntax & code semantics

As defined in “Interactive C#/VB REPL and Script - Code Semantics Spec“ white paper

REPL

Node.js-like extensibility model (script packs)

Debug & step through in Visual Studio

Sublime text plugin

Scriptcs.Core available as a hostable service

Nuget integration

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Demo: 101

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Demo: #load & #r

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Demo: REPL

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Script code semantics

No top level class

No script namespaces

No Main method

Global functions allowed

Script packs accessible through Require<T>

#load directive to load script from script

#r directive to reference an assembly from script

Modules, assemblies loaded automatically/by convention

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Typical C# experience

Need access to source code base

Start Visual Studio (...wait...)

Choose VS project template

Create new solution

Add references, install Nuget packages, import namespaces

Compile and run (repeat: compile+run)

Difficult to distribute code (bloated)

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Typical scriptcs experience

Install Nuget packages with “scriptcs –install”

Write code in any text editor

Run (edit & run)

Easy to distribute code (just CSX + packages.config)

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Extend scriptcs

Script packs Expose functionality for scripts

Modules Customize scriptcs

Replace any scriptcs internals

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Demo: Script packs in action

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Demo: Web REPL module

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Demo: Hosting in a .NET app

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Demo: Mono module

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Demo: Writing a new scripting engine

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Interesting developments

ConfigR – write C# config files in... C#

Executify.net – execute C# snippets in the browser

scriptcs F# Engine by Dave Thomas / Ryan Riley

Bau – build system powered by scriptcs

scriptcs WebConsole / Glimpse.scriptcs

scriptcs PowerShell module by Jim Christopher

scriptcs support in OctopusDeploy

scriptcs in [NDA]

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Get scriptcs

v0.8

CLI distributed via Chocolatey cinst scriptcs

Libs available on Nuget

Nightly builds on MyGet

Build from source github.com/scriptcs

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Who is scriptcs?

Community (!)

Coordinators Glenn Block (@glennblock)

Justin Rusbatch (@jrusbatch)

Filip Wojcieszyn (@filip_woj)

Core Commiters Damian Schenkelman (@dschenkelman)

Kristian Hellang (@khellang)