Boo 0.9 released! Biggest Boo release ever!(blogs.codehaus.org)

submitted by cedricv(85) 3 years, 3 months ago

Huge improvements everywhere and a boatload of new feature: generator macros, nestabled macros, generic constraints, generic extension methods support, strict-mode, object pattern matching, string interpolation formatting, and last but not least Silverlight support. Read the linked article for the full announcement with an inline example of each highlighted new feature. read more...

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SilverLight Tetris example in Boo and IronPython(lazunin.com)

submitted by cedricv(85) 3 years, 4 months ago

Boo can now do SilverLight, currently on trunk and soon to be released in Boo 0.9. Vladimir shows us SilverLight Tetris examples with IronPython to Boo. While the source code of both examples are very similar, the resulting Boo's .xap package is 23 times smaller than IronPython's, thanks to Boo's statically-typed nature. read more...

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Boo 0.8.2 released(blogs.codehaus.org)

submitted by cedricv(85) 4 years ago

This new release features a lot of fixes and improvement (as usual), including nullable type support, the T* shortcut for IEnumerable[of T] and a nicer booish working with emacs. read more...

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Ayende's "Building Domain Specific Languages in Boo" book(ayende.com)

submitted by cedricv(85) 4 years, 3 months ago

The book is now available for as part of the Manning Early Access Program. Chapter 1 to 4 are already there, but they are there in their nearly raw format. That means that they have not been edited yet, and I didn't put in the results from the review cycle that we did yet. Ayende would appreciate any feedback that you have on the book, the topic, the code, etc. read more...

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Boo 0.8.1 released !(boo.codehaus.org)

submitted by cedricv(85) 4 years, 3 months ago

A new version of Boo, the wrist-friendly programming language for .NET / Mono with a Python inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility, has been released. This version have many improvements, check out the announcement on the website for details. read more...

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Specter behavior-driven development framework 0.8 release(specter.sourceforge.net)

submitted by cedricv(85) 4 years, 4 months ago

Specter enables behavior driven development (BDD) by allowing developers to write executable specifications for their objects, before actually implementing them. This new release brings many improvement, including standalone spec runners (along with better NUnit integration) and a new 'subject' macro. read more...

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