Javascript and C# Cross Compiling and Conversion

Question

What are the various tools to cross-compile or convert Javascript to C# and back? And how to execute JS in C# or C# in JS? This is a popular question, and I will provide an

Answer 1

Compile C# code to Javascript in Visual Studio:

• DuoCode - Roslyn based compiler that transforms C# to javascript

Answer 2

JScriptSuite - compiles MSIL (C# or another .NET language) to JavaScript. Allows debug original .NET (C#) code, provides databind templates, remoting interfaces, controls

Answer 3

Compile C# to Javascript

• SharpKit (site) - Write and debug C# 4.0, compile to JS
• Blade - Write C# and compile to JS, Interfaces for DOM, HTML, CSS
• ScriptSharp - Write C# and compile to JS, jQuery supported
• Saltarelle - Write C# 5.0 and compile to JS, LINQ, jQuery, NodeJS supported
• JSIL - Compile CIL bytecode to human-readable JS
• JSC - Compile CIL bytecode to JS, ActionScript, Java, PHP

Run Javascript in C#

• IronJS - Javascript on CLR/DLR Runtime, Ecmascript 3.0
• Jint - Javascript VM, Ecmascript 3.0
• Jurassic - Compiles JS into .NET CIL, ECMAScript 3 and ECMAScript 5
• MS JScript Engine - Legacy scripting Javascript engine

Run C# In Javascript

• Edge.js - Run C# code alongside Node.js, in-process