|
|
@@ -9,3 +9,69 @@
|
|
|
are interested in helping the effort please contact the
|
|
|
mono-list mailing list.
|
|
|
|
|
|
+ There are a couple of components to the puzzle:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <ul>
|
|
|
+ * .aspx page parser (converts .aspx to C# code).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ * System.Web.HttpRuntime support.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ * Web controls (System.Web.UI.HtmlControls and
|
|
|
+ System.Web.UI.WebControls).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ * Underlying infrastrcture for the controls (System.Web.UI).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ * HttpRuntime.ProcessRequest is the core of the ASP.NET
|
|
|
+ implementation.
|
|
|
+ </ul>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Gonzalo has been working on an ASP.NET parser that takes .aspx
|
|
|
+ files and generated the code required to run them (the code lives in
|
|
|
+ module `xsp').
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Most of the runtime support was mostly written by Patrik Torstensson
|
|
|
+ (now at Intel). This was interesting, because in order to implement
|
|
|
+ some of its features, Patrik had to go into the runtime/JIT engine and
|
|
|
+ he spent a few weeks doing work there.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Duncan last week got our System.Web assembly to compile, and he is in
|
|
|
+ the process of getting the generated output to compile and link with our
|
|
|
+ System.Web classes, but so far, most of the work has been in stubbing
|
|
|
+ out the classes, just so we can get a clean compilation of the
|
|
|
+ code.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+** HttpRuntime
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Patrik has authored most of the HttpRuntime support (both on
|
|
|
+ the System.Web and on the foundation) but it is still not
|
|
|
+ ready to run.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+** XSP
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Currently XSP provides the .aspx compiler to C#. It would be
|
|
|
+ interesting to see if it makes sense to extend the ASP.NET
|
|
|
+ syntax to make it simpler to develop applications.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Gonzalo is in charge of the compil.er
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+** Controls
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ A lot of work has been put in the various classes that
|
|
|
+ implement the controls (UI.HtmlControls and UI.WebControls),
|
|
|
+ but they have been coded mostly in the dark, and without being
|
|
|
+ able to test them in real life: Gaurav and Leen worked very
|
|
|
+ hard on this namespace, but needs to be finished.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+** Extending ASP.NET
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Currently you have to reference in your ASP.NET the control
|
|
|
+ and all of its properties, which works fine if you have a GUI
|
|
|
+ designer, but is harder for people used to develop using text
|
|
|
+ editors.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Since we have a parser, we could extend this parser to allow
|
|
|
+ people to still use ASP.NET controls, using a simpler syntax.
|
|
|
+ For example people doing blogs and editing their templates
|
|
|
+ over the web probably do not want to use direct ASP.NET but a
|
|
|
+ wrapper around it.
|
Miguel de Icaza