IronPython in Action

Chapter 15. Embedding the IronPython engine

This chapter covers
Creating a custom executable The IronPython engine The DLR hosting API Handling Python exceptions Interacting with dynamic objects

Embedding the IronPython engine is one of the major reasons for wanting to use IronPython. It provides a ready-made scripting language engine for embedding into applications. You can use it to provide user scripting and plugins or integrate Python code into systems written in other languages. You could even use it to provide user scripting for Silverlight applications.

Embedding the IronPython engine means turning the world, as we have seen it so far, inside out. Instead of using .NET objects from inside IronPython, we host the language engine inside C# or VB.NET—and ...