Carl Mercier’s blog

I was recently introduced to Python, a great open-source scripting language. Even though scripting has some advantages over compiled languages such as .NET, I usually find myself in situations where scripting languages are not the optimal choice for me. Unfortunately, once I make the choice of not using a scripting language (ex: .NET), I’m locked in!

Fortunately, there’s a now a solution! IronPython. It is a new technology (pre-alpha, should I say more?) that gives me the best of both world. In fact, it is a new implementation of Python targeting .NET and Mono. I can code a full application in .NET (C#, VB.NET or whatever language I like), and easilly integrate IronPython scripting right into it! How cool! Visual Studio debugging is supported, too!

According to the official IronPython website, it can use CLR libraries and existing CLR classes can be extended in Python (script)! For example, I could load a .py file on the fly and have it perform some actions at runtime. I can definately see a huge potential for a plugins framework, for example!

Not quite sure what it can do? Check out the cool video posted at MSDN! It’s definately worth watching!

This is very impressive. An octopus eats a shark! See it for yourself on Google Video!

I’ve been coding a little ASP.NET and JavaScript in the last few days which resulted in the launch of AjaxWhois.com. As the name implies, it’s an AJAXed Whois and domain availability check service. It is still in beta and more features will be added in the future. Check it out, I think it’s worth it!