I know that I already mentioned this – but I thought I’d call it out specifically as it was part of a much larger post.
Silverlight 1.1 Alpha supports Ruby and Python on the client side so people can write their RIA (Rich Internet Applications) in their own language. If you have not looked at dynamic languages – you should. There’s a lot of power there. Obviously, with power comes danger. I’ll be blogging more about Dynamic Languages later.
I ran into David Laribee who wrote about MIX07: Silverlight, IronRuby, and Dynamic Languages. He’s really geeked about Iron Ruby.