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A JavaScript Shell

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18 Nov 2010CPOL4 min read 30.7K   739   29  
Bases to create your own JavaScript shell for your application
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Scaredfinger.JSShell;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;

namespace SampleShell
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      ShellFactory<SampleShell>.Default.AddImport("System.Reflection");
      ShellFactory<SampleShell>.Default.AddImport("System.IO");
      Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
      Directory.GetLogicalDrives();

      using (var shell = ShellFactory<SampleShell>.Default.CreateShell())
      {
        shell.OpenShell();
        shell.AddGlobalObject("tokens", new List<string>());
        shell.AddGlobalObject("globals", new Dictionary<string, object>());

        do
        {
          Console.Write(" > ");
          try
          {
            var result = shell.Eval(Console.ReadLine());
          }
          catch (Exception ex)
          {
            Console.WriteLine(ex);
          }
        } while (shell.Running);
      }
    }
  }
}

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Architect SunHotels
Spain Spain
I Received a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at the Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, University of Havana, Cuba.

I mainly work in web applications using C# and some Javascript. Some very few times do some Java.

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