Developer Guide

In this section of the documentation, you can find a description of the following:

• The predefined static classes implemented in the XRS Script language.

• The steps necessary to start a project using the new XRS Script language.

Benefits

XRS Script language has been designed to:

• Improve ease of use, such as leverage existing scripting skillset by introducing a language whose syntax is similar to other existing languages (c#, javascript, python) that developers should be more familiar with.

• Be fully sandboxed; that is, interpreted (not compiled) to increase security and real-time checks.

• Have no dependencies, as it is fully self-contained in order to be able to fully scrutinize security.

• Be optimized for the framework uses and integrated inside the framework systems.

• Be portable, since it works on every device that support the framework (Windows, Portable, Web….).

• Be easily testable, as it supports assert and other techniques to possibly create unit tests in the script language.

• Provide clear error messages for easy debugging.

• Improve code readability and performance.

XRS Script language is not conceived as a substitute of XML Script language. Instead, both scripting languages can coexist in the same project, as both have their limitations and strengths.

It is advisable to architecture application logic using a mix of the two: XML Script should be used for parse-time definitions, routing and parse-time switches (such as conditional inclusion of logic blocks based on current platform); while XRS Script should be used for imperative method definitions.