IronPython: What kind of jobs you ever done with IronPython instead of standard .NET languages (e.g., C#)

Question

I am learning IronPython along wiht Python. I'm curious what kinds of tasks you tend to use IronPython to tackle more often than standard .NET languages.

Thanks for any example.

Answer 1

One example that is a perfect match for IronPython is when you want to include scriptability in your application. I have been working on systems where the user can interact with the whole application class model directly through the in-app python scripting layer and it allows for a great deal of flexibility for advanced users.

A tangible example is when you want to expose "hooks" in the application where the user can customize the business rules (say, do a custom broker fee calculation when a new trade is created in a trading system for instance).

Edit per request: here is a simple (mocked-upped) example. When a user creates a new trade in the system, the system checks if the following Python function is defined, and if present, the trade gets the result of the function as a fee added to it before it is committed to the database:

def calculate_broker_fee(trade):
    fee = 0.043 # default value
    if trade.exchange in ["SWX", "EURONEXT"] and \
        trade.instrument.instrument_type == "Bond":
        fee = trade.quantity*0.00234
    return fee