dzeitlin / wootzjs

C# to Javascript Compiler

WootzJs is a C# to Javascript cross-compiler. You write your code in C#, and the result is Javascript that can be run in any browser (or other host). It's built on top of Microsoft Roslyn, which handles the complex process of converting your C# code into syntax trees with symbol information.

The design is focused on facilitating single-page applications. While it is possible to build standard web sites where each URL resolves to a different page, you will be fighting WootzJs in order to achieve this. The goal is to produce a single .js file for the entire site (or at least for every "sub site"). To a large extent, it is far simpler to bind HTML elements to your C# code than vice-versa. That being said, any metaphor is workable.

WootzJs also includes a web framework, WootzJs.Mvc for creating single-page applications. It leverages the HTML 5 history API to create an MVC framework with routing, controllers, models, and views. The views are generated programmatically via C#, in a style similar to Google Web Toolkit. The MVC portion looks substantively similar to what you'd expect coming from ASP.NET/MVC.

• Getting Started A series of guides starting with writing a "Hello World" app.
• Interacting with the Browser The next in the series, showing how create HTML content in the browser.
• Limitations A list of C# language features that are not supported.
• Comparisons with other C# to Javascript cross-compilers There are several other options available to those who want to convert C# to Javascript. How do the available options compare with WootzJs?
• Technical Overview A technical description of the transformation process and its generated output.
• JSNI, or JavaScript Native Interface, is how you generate JS code that would be otherwise inexpressible in C#.
• Customizing the Generated Output Similar to JSNI, you can use [Js] attribute to customize various aspects of the generation process.
• Contributing to WootzJs
• Project Map