Today Scott Guthrie announced the Beta 1 release of Silverlight 2 at MIX08. One of the components of this release is Managed JScript which as you all know is code name for the JScript implementation that runs on the Dynamic Language Runtime. Managed JScript can be used to create rich and powerful Silverlight 2 applications. It is an ideal choice if you want the comfort of using JScript and the power of running on the CLR engine that sits inside Silverlight 2.

The DLR libraries and the Managed JScript engine are available as part of the Silverlight 2 SDK. In the coming days we will talk about Managed JScript, its features like ability to use .NET libraries, interoperate with other dynamic languages (IronPython, IronRuby) and how we can use it to build rich and performant Silverlight applications.

Watch out for updates on our JScript team blog.

If you are eager to get your hands on these hot bits, here are the links... Silverlight 2 and SDK. Also John Lam is in Vegas to talk about "Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages". His session will be available online soon.

We also released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers today. It has tons of new features. Check it out!