JSIL
JSIL is a compiler that transforms .NET applications and libraries from their native executable format - CIL bytecode - into standards-compliant, cross-browser JavaScript. You can take this JavaScript and run it in a web browser or any other modern JavaScript runtime. Unlike other cross-compiler tools targeting JavaScript, JSIL produces easy-to-debug JavaScript while still maintaining the behavior and structure of the original .NET code. Because JSIL transforms bytecode, it can support most .NET-based languages - C# to JavaScript and VB.NET to JavaScript work right out of the box, and F# is partially supported. Nearly the entire feature set of the .NET runtime (including pointers and P/Invoke) is supported, and most of the open-source BCL is translatable by the compiler.
Demos
Code Samples
See try.jsil.org.Getting Started
Use JSIL
- Clone the repository using Git, from 'https://github.com/sq/JSIL.git'. (Make sure you pull the submodules!)
- Build JSIL.sln in Visual Studio 2015. (Community Edition is sufficient.)
- Run JSILc.exe on your application. (See the wiki for help.)
- Marvel at convoluted error messages! (JSIL is still in development. You will hit bugs.)
Contribute to JSIL
- Fork JSIL on GitHub. (Working locally from a clone is okay too.)
- Write tests for bugs or new features! (Without tests, JSIL would always be broken.)
- Fix broken tests! Tests can be run from VS2015's integrated testing tools.(Adding a test for a bug is helpful even if you can't fix it.)
- Push to your GitHub fork! (If you don't, I can't see your awesome changes.)
- Create a pull request on GitHub. (Submitting a patch is okay too.)
Complain about JSIL
Not everybody has time to write code! That's okay. You can report issues, or just talk about JSIL on the internet or something!
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