Anyone using IronPython in a production application?

Question

I've been toying with the idea of adding IronPython for extending a scientific application I support.

Is this a good or horrible idea?

Are there any good examples of IronPython being used in a production application. I've seen Resolver, which is kind of cute. Are there any other apps out there?

What I don't get is this. Is it any easier to use IronPython than to just use something like code DOM to create script like extensibility in your application?

Anyone have some horror stories or tales of glorious success with IronPython / IronRuby?

Answer 1

I'm at Resolver Systems, so I was lurking to see if anyone replied :-)

In answer to your question...

• I think Autocad has IronPython and IronRuby built in
• The IronPython cookbook references a dating site and an online gambling site as using IronPython in production, which sounds dubious (the site is a wiki, so I'd suspect spam) but the links were added by someone using the site's owner's login, so who knows...

Answer 2

I'm doing web development for a German firm using Django on the server side and Silverlight with IronPython on the client. We're an all Python development company so being able to do "full stack" development with Python is great (although it was originally the customer who specified Silverlight).