web development in L#
wanorris
like it.
I've been playing around with DotLisp for a little while, because I was
looking for a lisp dialect that worked with the .Net framework, so
naturally when I heard about L#, I checked it out. I really like the
elegant syntax of L#, and the fact that it is under active development
is obviously a big plus. I don't want to say anything bad about
DotLisp, but L# seems like a better fit for me.
The main thing I've started working on is a rapid development framework
for the web. I've done a little work in Rails and a lot in ASP.Net, and
I'm interested in exploring interpreted code as a way to build and test
code more quickly.
One of the first things I built was an aspx page that implemented a
REPL command line, which turns out to be really useful for rapidly
prototyping new code, because you don't have to recompile or restart a
web server -- also, you can call support functions from the command
line to test them without leaving the website.
Is there anyone else working on web development in L# right now?
wingsofseraphim
using L#
wanorris
> What do you use for your IDE? emacs? xacc? I'm curious how people are
> using L#
I don't really grok emacs -- it just doesn't work like I think.
xacc looks like a promising tool, but I haven't had a chance to vet it
out yet. So far, I've been working in TextPad and in Visual Studio
(despite the total lack of direct support, or even syntax
highlighting).
Really, I haven't been as concerned with editors because I've been
going back and forth with the REPL anyway. Visual Studio has been
useful because I've been integrating with the LSharp libraries, an
HttpHandler, things like that.
rob.bl...@aws.net
I have the screen space spilt into two windows (CTRL-X 3 ) with the
file I'm editing in the left window and the LSharp REPL in the right
window - It works for me.
I'd like to see L Sharp support in Visual Studio - that would be a
pretty interesting parallel project for somebody to take on - any
volunteers?
Rob.