INTRODUCTION

IRONPYTHON IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING and flexible languages you've ever encountered. If you've never tried a dynamic language, you're really missing something. Dynamic languages make it easy for you to try things on-the-fly, and IronPython is king when it comes to melding the flexibility of both the Python programming language and the functionality of the .NET Framework. You get an amazing array of application development tools with few hindrances to sour the experience. Professional IronPython provides you with a guided tour of this amazing language and makes it possible for you to get started writing applications quickly.

The emphasis of IronPython is fast. You write less code and the code that you do write is easier to understand, making development fast. In the past, using an interpreter meant sluggish application performance, but IronPython is anything but sluggish. Applications you develop using IronPython run quickly because they don't include all of the cumbersome baggage that static languages such as C# and Visual Basic.NET include. Professional IronPython helps you understand the benefits of using IronPython and demonstrates techniques to obtain what you want with little fuss and considerable speed.

One of the most amazing parts of IronPython is that it's incredibly easy to add whatever you need to it. IronPython is designed to provide extensive modularity so that you can create extensions to the basic language as dictated by your development ...

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