C# to be the scripting language for The Next Generation Platform

[Innula Zenovka]

In case people have missed it, Ebbe Linden confirmed that the scripting language in The Next Generation Platform (what some people  had been calling "SL2" but apparently shouldn't any more) will be C#.

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[49:37] the scripting language will be C#, which is a good thing, because there’s obviously a lot more people who know how to do things in C# than there ever will be to learn how to do something in Linden Scripting Language, so you’ll have a real programming language to work with.

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https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/vwbpe-2015-ebbe-altberg-lls-next-generation-platform/#scripting

 I had already started learning C# because I expected this (it was a very obvious choice) and I'm enjoying it.    There's a lot of material availble on how to use C# with 3D content (e.g. for Unity or Unreal Engine, including those engines' own tutorials), and I think it's a lot easier than LSL.     That may be because I'm now used to breaking down scripting problems into logical units because of using LSL, but also I find that with C# I can do things with one function that would take me three or four functions in LSL.

[Indigo Mertel]

I am absolutely elated! Not surprised because I expected this as well, but very happy to see this confirmed. I have 15 years of professional experience with .NET, most of them with C#. Developing for the new platform will be lots of fun!

[Rolig Loon]

It looks like I better find some spare time to start learning.  I set out to do that a while ago but backed off under the pressure of other commitments.  Thanks for the heads up, Innula.

[Kaska Kutenai]

If they do this will they leave LSL in SL ?

[Cerise Sorbet]

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Kaska Kutenai wrote:

If they do this will they leave LSL in SL ?

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That's pretty much guaranteed at this point, just about everything would break here if they turned that off!

[Kelly Linden]

:matte-motes-sunglasses-3:

[Codex Alpha]

Cool, I'm in for Second Life for the long haul, because I recognize the potential, use and fun that can be had.

Been starting to investigate Unity and was trying to decide if I should focus on learning C#, and wanted to find out what SL was planning to do, so this helps a lot.

C# is then, that way any time I spend learning something (valuable time as I get older, lol) can be used in either platform, and that makes me happy.

Look forward to what SL2 has to offer, and by then I should have some creative skills honed and ready to offer SL2 some new and creative content.

 

[SaiJinhua]

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entity0x wrote:

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C# is then, that way any time I spend learning something (valuable time as I get older, lol)

can be used in either platform,

and that makes me happy.

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Am I to understand we can run C# inworld today? If so how?

Thanks

[steph Arnott]

not going thru all the stress of learning another, so wil just leave.

[Qie Niangao]

No, the snipped-away part of that quote refers to Unity, so "either platform" presumably refers to Unity and Sansar, not Second Life.

I have to say, though, the use of C# in Sansar doesn't really tell us much about what scripting will be like. I mean, it's surely a "nicer" language than LSL, but until we know what library functions are available and what constraints are imposed, it's buying a car knowing the paint job without seeing under the hood.