Introduction

Scott Waldron Updated by Scott Waldron

Introduction to Dino Script®

Dino Script™ is a script-oriented programming language. This means Dino stores its program text in scripts (which could be a file, database record, etc.), but also allows importing in a manner that mimics traditional object-oriented programming.

Consider the following snippets:

// module1.dino
def rex(a, b) {
    return a + b;
}

// module2.dino
import script 'module1.dino' as t; // aliased import

def raptor(c) {
    return t.rex(3, 4) + c;
}

Purpose

Dino Script was created to fill a hole. It is fundamentally designed as a "script-oriented" programming language that could be safely used from a web application context, even when in the hands of non-admin users. In contrast to most general purpose programming languages, Dino was designed to have sandboxes integrated at the most fundamental level.

Document Conventions

There are a large number of code snippets available in this document. Because Dino is meant to be integrated into another .NET framework application, we need to show both Dino and C# code (the integrated code). Dino code is shown in this color:

def foo(x, y){}

Code inside a snippit that needs to be highlighted is shown like this with darker, bolder text.

def fooTwo(x, y, z=10){
    // Note that the z=10 param with default is highlighted
}

C# code is shown in a different color but the same monospace font.

public class Product : IProduct
{
    public string Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
    // ...
}

When code needs to be truncated and indicate that something comes before or after, it's indicated with a comment start [//] followed by an ellipses [...]

def foo(x, y){
    // ...
    return x + y;
}

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