V8.Net?

[rjamesnw]

V8.Net now supports Net Standard, and will be part of the back-end server for the FlowScript VPL system (coming soon). It has an extremely fast interface between the CLR and V8, but in a way that is cross-platform.

[Taritsyn]

Hello, James!

Thanks for information! As soon as I have free time, I'll research your library.

The main thing that your library does not repeat the fate of VroomJs.

[rjamesnw]

I assume you mean abandoned? Hopefully not. ;) V8.Net has been around since 2013. ;)

[Taritsyn]

NuGet package appeared only today.

[rjamesnw]

I meant for .Net 3.5 and 4 since 2013. I never got around to supporting NuGet until now. :) (used to be on CodePlex)

It's also mentioned here for many years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECMAScript_engines

[jtreher]

@Taritsyn Since Edge is switching to V8, it seems practical to support V8 for .net core running on linux as ChakraCore is in wind down mode. If @rjamesnw's project has been maintained for several years, it seems like a good option to move forward to allow us to use V8 on Linux.

[Taritsyn]

@jtreher Have you tried running the V8.Net library under Linux or Mac?

[rjamesnw]

The project currently uses a Visual Studio project to compile the C++ wrapper against the V8 source. I added in support to search and load the correct libraries on Windows or Linux, but as I’m not a Linux guy I never yet compiled any Linux binaries. Others have very easily ported the project to mono in the past (before .Net Core; https://www.nuget.org/packages/V8.Net.Mono/ [outdated now]) without issue. If someone wants to help get the C++ wrapper compiling Linux libraries again it would be welcome; should be easy enough. If I have time in the near future I may fire up Linux myself and give it a go.

[tombatron]

I'm not sure that this is the correct venue for the extended discussion, but I was tinkering around with the V8.Net source under WSL.

I was able to get the V8 source compiled with no issues, though I had major issues getting the actual V8.Net proxy code compiled... Probably because I'm hopelessly out of my depth.

I guess the point of my reply is that it appears that the WSL environment would be sufficient for building and testing a Linux binary.

[rjamesnw]

Thanks for the heads up. I’ve been investigating WSL and may try to work out a solution using that at some point.

[tombatron]

For anyone else following along at home:

I got a little farther in my attempts at getting V8.Net's proxy compiled under Linux. I posted the issue that stopped me in my tracks here: rjamesnw/v8dotnet#28

Another thing that I encountered when trying to use V8.Net under Windows to render a React component is documented here: rjamesnw/v8dotnet#27

[Taritsyn]

I'm closing this issue because the Microsoft ClearScript.V8 7.0 now supports Linux and macOS. In addition, JavaScript Engine Switcher 3.9.0 now uses the official NuGet packages of this library.