Isn’t popfly about developing blocks, mashups and sharing/using them?

I was creating a block using JS and XML. As a newbie, I wrote down the code using Visual Studio 2005 and copy/pasted it to popfly block editor. Then I thought popfly explorer would be much easier then copy/paste method.

But I had no idea that it is possible to create projects using C# or VB.NET (the one I prefer) and share my source over popfly. I noticed the project search feature on popfly explorer and took a glimpse of what the others are doing. C# projects are all around and I’m a little confused now after spending my weekend trying to create my copy/pasted poor block on VS2005 using only JS and XML.

Now the question is: Isn’t popfly about developing blocks, mashups and sharing/using them on a website, VistaDesktop, etc.? Is it possible to make a block using VB.NET? If so, what are the necessary files?

I'm planning to create a block to read XML file on URL specified by user, and output the nodes which contian values...


Thanks for the replies,


Mert

[1648 byte] By [MertSAKA] at [2008-3-1]
# 1

Blocks are indeed written in HTML, JavaScript, and/or XAML and today you create them directly in the Popfly web site. Popfly Explorer, on the other hand, is a parallel product that's designed to enable you to create, save, and share Visual Studio projects of all kinds through the Popfly web site. For example, you could create a C# class and share it or a Windows Forms application and share it. Today we don't enable you to create blocks using Visual Studio.

John

johnmont[msft] at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly Explorer...