• IronRuby & IronPython CTPs for VS2010 beta 2

    by  • October 22, 2009 • Uncategorized

    I have a lot of friends who really like to work in Python and Ruby, so I thought I would pass this announcement on. If you are into Python and Ruby, you might want to check out www.codemash.org, a great event I help with coming up in January.

    Today we announced the release of the IronRuby and IronPython CTPs for .NET 4.0 Beta 2. This is the third preview of IronRuby and IronPython running under the Dynamic Language Runtime that is built directly into .NET 4.0. As before, this release allows you to use IronRuby objects and types as .NET 4.0 dynamic objects from within C# and Visual Basic code. These binaries are roughly equivalent to the functionality found in IronRuby 0.9 and IronPython 2.6. Take a look at Harry Pierson’s blog post about this release as well, especially if you’re more into snakes than gemstones.

     

    Try it out

    To try out this release:

    · Install NET 4.0 Beta 2 or Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

    · Download either IronRuby or IronPython

    · Follow any of the many dynamic walkthroughs online. This would be a good start.

     

    Build from source

    To build IronPython or IronRuby for .NET 4.0 Beta 2 from source, get the sources from:

    · IronPython: CodePlex

    · IronRuby: GitHub (direct download)

    Note: use the "v4" build configurations.

    Quick download links: IronRuby | IronPython | .NET 4.0 Beta 2 | Announcement

    About

    Brian H. Prince is the Chief Technical Cloud Evangelist for Microsoft, based in the US. He gets super excited whenever he talks about technology, especially cloud computing, patterns, and practices. His job is to help customers strategically leverage technology, and help them bring their architecture to a super level. In a past life Brian was a part of super startups, super marketing firms, and super consulting firms. Much of his super architecture background includes building super scalable applications, application integration, and award winning web applications. All of them were super. Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash (www.codemash.org). He speaks at various international technology conferences. He only wishes his job didn’t require him to say ‘super’ so much. Brian is the co-author of “Azure in Action”, published by Manning Press. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also a zealous gamer. For example, he is a huge fan of Fallout 3, Portal, and pretty much every other game he plays.