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Grasshopper 2.5 released (13 messages)
- Posted by: Peter Varhol
- Posted on: August 25 2008 12:23 EDT
Mainsoft Grasshopper 2.5 is a Visual Studio 2008 plug-in that dynamically translates .NET code into Java. This version provides full support for ASP.NET AJAX including ASP.NET 2.0, the AJAX Extensions, and the AJAX Control Toolkit. In addition, 2.5 supports new language features for C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9, such as Local Type Inference, Object and Collection Initializers, Anonymous Types, and Auto-Implemented Properties. Grasshopper can be freely downloaded from dev.mainsoft.com. Mainsoft sells commercial versions of its Visual Studio plug-in; however, the primary difference between Grasshopper and those commercial versions is that Grasshopper works only with Tomcat. Otherwise, it appears full-featured. I've used it before, and I'm pretty impressed. http://dev.mainsoft.comThreaded Messages (13)
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Jacek Furmankiewicz on August 25 2008 13:05 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by michael campbell on August 25 2008 13:29 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Peter Varhol on August 25 2008 14:45 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Raffaele Guidi on August 25 2008 16:34 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Rubem Azenha on August 25 2008 17:12 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Robert Dean on August 25 2008 17:44 EDT
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Big Iron Java? Are you serious? by Leif Ashley on August 27 2008 01:18 EDT
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Re: Big Iron Java? Are you serious? by Robert Dean on August 27 2008 09:08 EDT
- Re: Big Iron Java? Are you serious? by Mark N on August 28 2008 08:56 EDT
- Java on i5 by Henri Gomez on August 31 2008 09:46 EDT
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Re: Big Iron Java? Are you serious? by Robert Dean on August 27 2008 09:08 EDT
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Big Iron Java? Are you serious? by Leif Ashley on August 27 2008 01:18 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Robert Dean on August 25 2008 17:44 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Andy Leung on August 26 2008 08:50 EDT
- Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released by Jacek Furmankiewicz on August 26 2008 09:18 EDT
- Use codeporting to convert .net code to java by zarfishan zahid on July 23 2012 00:30 EDT
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Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jacek Furmankiewicz
- Posted on: August 25 2008 13:05 EDT
- in response to Peter Varhol
And how do you debug this thing if something goes wrong? Not much luck, I guess. -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: michael campbell
- Posted on: August 25 2008 13:29 EDT
- in response to Jacek Furmankiewicz
It's .NET... what could possibly go wrong? =) -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Peter Varhol
- Posted on: August 25 2008 14:45 EDT
- in response to Jacek Furmankiewicz
Interestingly, the Java bytecode generation goes into reverse, converting back to .NET IL and enabling use of the Visual Studio debugger. I know it sounds odd, but it seems to work just fine. -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Raffaele Guidi
- Posted on: August 25 2008 16:34 EDT
- in response to Peter Varhol
[...]the primary difference between Grasshopper and those commercial versions is that Grasshopper works only with Tomcat. Otherwise, it appears full-featured
I have to correct you: only with tomcat and only on a single cpu! And pricing for enterprise edition seems to start from $5000/cpu (+$6000/developer). I'm impressed with the product, which I evaluated in the past (it seems it can run DotNetNuke on linux) but cost is even more impressive... no wonder it is not widely used. Regards, Raffaele -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Rubem Azenha
- Posted on: August 25 2008 17:12 EDT
- in response to Peter Varhol
Why use Grasshopper instead focusing in Mono to run .NET applications in Linux? -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Robert Dean
- Posted on: August 25 2008 17:44 EDT
- in response to Rubem Azenha
Why use Grasshopper instead focusing in Mono to run .NET applications in Linux?
One reason is with Grasshopper, you're not limited to platforms that Mono runs on. An enterprise could also choose to run their .Net stuff on big iron (IBM i, z/OS, etc). Another reason is to get those .Net applications to run in a portal, where most are Java-based. -
Big Iron Java? Are you serious?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Leif Ashley
- Posted on: August 27 2008 13:18 EDT
- in response to Robert Dean
An enterprise could also choose to run their .Net stuff on big iron (IBM i, z/OS, etc).
lol. Ok, if big iron is the answer, someone asked the wrong question. You ain't get'in the mainframers to give up CICS apps for .NET/java. Just my opinion, but there are more reliable and more cost effective options which scale better... outside of number crunching and getting your web site to be a chess master that is. :) Again I'll ding on TSS about this one. Come on guys... there's TheServerSide.Net for rhetoric like this. What does this have to do with java? -
Re: Big Iron Java? Are you serious?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Robert Dean
- Posted on: August 27 2008 21:08 EDT
- in response to Leif Ashley
I'd beg to differ. Java plays quite well on IBM's z and i platforms (more the former than the latter). It has good performance, and it integrates really, really well with existing workloads. WebSphere on z has quite a big following for these reasons.An enterprise could also choose to run their .Net stuff on big iron (IBM i, z/OS, etc).
lol. Ok, if big iron is the answer, someone asked the wrong question. You ain't get'in the mainframers to give up CICS apps for .NET/java.
Just my opinion, but there are more reliable and more cost effective options which scale better... outside of number crunching and getting your web site to be a chess master that is. :) -
Re: Big Iron Java? Are you serious?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Mark N
- Posted on: August 28 2008 08:56 EDT
- in response to Robert Dean
Plus Linux/Unix on Z and then Java on those.An enterprise could also choose to run their .Net stuff on big iron (IBM i, z/OS, etc).
lol. Ok, if big iron is the answer, someone asked the wrong question. You ain't get'in the mainframers to give up CICS apps for .NET/java.
Just my opinion, but there are more reliable and more cost effective options which scale better... outside of number crunching and getting your web site to be a chess master that is. :)
I'd beg to differ. Java plays quite well on IBM's z and i platforms (more the former than the latter). It has good performance, and it integrates really, really well with existing workloads. WebSphere on z has quite a big following for these reasons. -
Java on i5[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Henri Gomez
- Posted on: August 31 2008 09:46 EDT
- in response to Robert Dean
The Java on i5 is quite good now that the JVM is Hursley based :) And the Hursley based JVM for i5, are available on both 32 and 64 bits editions (V6R1 for 64 bits edition). -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Andy Leung
- Posted on: August 26 2008 08:50 EDT
- in response to Peter Varhol
What's the rationale behind this product? If I need to do that, why not coding in Java? Existing .NET code may have serious compatibility problems when building in Java, anyone? -
Re: Grasshopper 2.5 released[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jacek Furmankiewicz
- Posted on: August 26 2008 09:18 EDT
- in response to Andy Leung
Thanks, but no thanks. Every time I deal with integrating with .Net it reminds me why I decided to switch to Java (after 5 years as a senior C# developer). Wasting 3 weeks recently when integrating with a .Net component just on GAC issues. -
Use codeporting to convert .net code to java[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: zarfishan zahid
- Posted on: July 23 2012 00:30 EDT
- in response to Peter Varhol
If you want to convert your .net code to java instatntly and accurately then i would receommend you to use Codeporting's .Net to Java converter online. It converts your .net code to java in cloud which means you don't have to download it just upload your code and it will converted to java instantly.