Interpreting JavaScript outside of the browser?

Question

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) hav

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

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).

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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