scriptcs

Why should you care?

Write .net apps with a text editor, nuget and the power of Rosyln!

Pre-reqs

• Install the [Rosyln CTP] (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx)
• Install the [nuget cmdline bootstrapper] (http://nuget.codeplex.com/releases/view/58939)
• Build the project and put scriptcs.exe in your path.

Quick start

• Open a cmd prompt as admin
• Create a directory "c:\scriptcs_hello" and change to it.
• run "nuget install Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.SelfHost"
• create a server.csx with your favorite editor. Paste the text below into the file and save.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Http.SelfHost;

var address = "http://localhost:8080";
var conf = new HttpSelfHostConfiguration(new Uri(address));
conf.Routes.MapHttpRoute(name: "DefaultApi",
   routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
   defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);

var server = new HttpSelfHostServer(conf);
server.OpenAsync().Wait();
Console.WriteLine("Listening...");
Console.ReadKey();

• run "scriptcs server.csx"

This will launch a web api host.

How it works

scriptcs relies on Rosyln for loading loose C# script files. It will automatically discover nuget packages local to the app and load the binaries.

What's next

• Adding support for pluggable recipe "packs" for different frameworks.

License

Apache 2

Credits

• Special thanks to @filip_woj for being the inspiration behind this with his Roslyn Web API posts.
• Thanks to the Roslyn team who helped point me in the right direction.