On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I just wanted to take a minute and bring your attention to an OSS project, > based on Harmony, I recently started .... Ja.NET (www.janetdev.org). > > I am building a Java 5 JDK for .NET (i.e. Ja.NET SE), and I am using > Harmony, along with other open source software (e.g. Eclipse compiler, > Mono, etc.) as the basis for the work. The goal of the project is to > create the development tools and libraries that will enable Java to become > a "first class" development and runtime environment for .NET. The Ja.NET SE > JDK project is the first thing I have kicked off. The hope is, at some > point in the "very near future", :-), the Ja.NET SE JDK will give > developers all the Java development tools they need to develop software in > Java for the .NET platform. For example, the Java development tools would > enable someone to take existing Java source code (e.g. Ant, Xerces, > Eclipse, etc.) and easily build it, enhance it with new .NET specific > features, integrate it with other .NET code and libraries (e.g. C#, VB.NET, > WPF, etc.), and then ultimately use/run it on .NET.
This is cool! Dave, what's the technology approach you are taking for Ja.NET JDK? Does it compile Java code into CLR bytecode running on Mono? I can't find any document in your website about it. Thanks, xiaofeng > I'm making pretty good progress THANKS TO YOU and the great work you have > done in building Harmony. Without your effort, I'd be a long way from where > I am today! So here is a big THANK YOU for all your hard work and > dedication to open source Java. > > I look forward to working with you where/when it makes sense, and hope that > I can contribute in some small way to the success of Harmony in the > future.... > > Best regards, > > -Dave > -- http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com
