Scientist.net vs ScriptCS

Scientist.net

A .NET library for carefully refactoring critical paths. It's a port of GitHub's Ruby Scientist library (by scientistproject)

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ScriptCS

Write C# apps with a text editor, nuget and the power of Roslyn! (by scriptcs)

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Scientist.net		ScriptCS
	Project
2	Mentions	7
1,454	Stars	2,453
2.1%	Growth	0.3%
0.0	Activity	0.0
4 months ago	Latest Commit	10 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Scientist.net

Posts with mentions or reviews of Scientist.net. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.

Crates that run multiple versions of a function and ensures the return value is the same?
2 projects | /r/rust | 5 Dec 2023

For some google-fu, the ruby / .NET equivalent of this is https://github.com/github/scientist / https://github.com/scientistproject/Scientist.net
Struggling with a new legacy codebase
1 project | /r/SoftwareEngineering | 10 Jan 2023

Personally start writing some tests - small and they don't need to be perfect (if you need to write integration style tests then so be it). Take a look at libraries like Scientist.NET which helps refactor critical paths etc.

ScriptCS

Posts with mentions or reviews of ScriptCS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-22.

What is the latest on scripting inside of C# (especially for Unity development)?
7 projects | /r/dotnet | 22 Feb 2023

ScriptCS
Can't run C#
1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 11 Feb 2023

This is a bug in scriptcs. That said, the fix should be out by now.
Visual Studio Code: /bin/sh: line 1: scriptcs: command not found
2 projects | /r/EndeavourOS | 14 Sep 2022

tried https://github.com/scriptcs/scriptcs but the linux build fails. the item in arch repos (cs-script) succeeds but does not fix the issue
Scriptcs: command not found
1 project | /r/Fedora | 29 May 2022
What is the/your current/popular choice for dotnet c# scripting ?
7 projects | /r/dotnet | 24 Mar 2022

[1] http://scriptcs.net/
Run and Debug csx files in Visual Studio? (c# Scripts)
2 projects | /r/csharp | 10 Nov 2021
Script could not be found (VS Code)
1 project | /r/Crostini | 21 Oct 2021

Github Instructions (https://github.com/scriptcs/scriptcs) // I did.

What are some alternatives?

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Jot - Jot is a library for persisting and applying .NET application state.

HidLibrary - This library enables you to enumerate and communicate with Hid compatible USB devices in .NET.

ByteSize - ByteSize is a utility class that makes byte size representation in code easier by removing ambiguity of the value being represented. ByteSize is to bytes what System.TimeSpan is to time.

NIdenticon - NIdenticon is a library for creating simple Identicons

simple-exec - 🏃 A .NET library that runs external commands.

CsvHelper - Library to help reading and writing CSV files

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