IronPython Integration Sample and the WPF Designer

If you've had the opportunity to work with WPF/.NET 3.0 yet, you've likely run into the x:Class attribute in XAML. If you specify a x:Class on a XAML page, during compilation the XAML compiler creates a class in code using the registered CodeDomProvider for the given language that you're compiling. This presented some challenges for getting the IronPython sample to work with the new designer.
There were two major problems:

1) The IronPython CodeDomProvider is not registered globally on the machine.
2)IronPython 1.1 does not support compiling to .NET-consumable types.

Read the rest here: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronmar/archive/2007/08/01/ironpython-integration-sample-and-the-wpf-designer.aspx

.NET Dynamic Languages Group on Facebook

Facebook has a .NET Dynamic Languages Group

Here is the URL: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2430928882

Some members you might know
Miguel De Icaza
Scott Hanselman
John Lam

Podcast: John Lam on the DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), IronPython, IronRuby And RubyCLR

DotNetRocks has published their latest podcast: John Lam on the DLR.
From the site:

John Lam talks to Carl and Richard about his trek from Canada to Redmond, and his work on dynamic languages, including Ruby CLR, and the Microsoft DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), which we may find in some future version of the .NET Framework.

John recently emigrated from Canada to the Microsoft Republic to join the Dynamic Language Runtime team. He works on the IronRuby implementation, and pitches in where necessary on the DLR, and on integration with partners like the Silverlight team. Before he joined Microsoft, he created RubyCLR, an innovative high performance open-source bridge between the Ruby interpreter and the CLR. You can track what John is doing with IronRuby and the DLR via his blog: http://www.iunknown.com.

Download it here: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=254

The IronPython Cookbook

This wiki contains useful example code for working with IronPython and the .NET framework.


Contents
1 The IronPython Cookbook
1.1 Adding Entries
1.2 Core Concepts
2 Contents
2.1 Getting Started
2.2 Windows Forms
2.3 Databases
2.4 Network Protocols
2.5 Interop
2.6 System
2.7 Win32
2.8 System Administration and automation
2.9 Embedding
2.10 Misc


Core Concepts
IronPython
FePy: The IronPython Community Edition
The DLR: Dynamic Language Runtime
The .NET Framework
Mono
Silverlight

Read all the rest here: http://www.ironpython.info/index.php/Contents

IronPython 1.1 has shipped

IronPython is a new implementation of the Python programming language running on .NET. It supports an interactive console with fully dynamic compilation. It is well integrated with the rest of the .NET Framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers, while maintaining full compatibility with the Python language.

• Download IronPython -- The latest release (IronPython 1.1). You can also view the v1.1 Release Notes

• Samples -- In addition to the tutorial that is in the download, there are several available samples.

• Differences -- between IronPython 1.0 and CPython 2.4.3

• FAQ