[IronPython] IronPython in Visual Studio 2008

Wed Jan 20 11:27:31 CET 2010

On 20/01/2010 02:34, Dino Viehland wrote:
>
> Does Wing now work w/ IronPython for debugging now that we added 
> sys.settrace in 2.6?
>
Does settrace work? I've seen two questions about it in as many days 
that are as yet unanswered.

The short answer is no. The Wing debugger is written in C. The 
SharpDevelop debugger (written in C#) does work with IronPython though.

Michael

> *From:* users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com 
> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] *On Behalf Of *Vernon Cole
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:17 PM
> *To:* Discussion of IronPython
> *Subject:* Re: [IronPython] IronPython in Visual Studio 2008
>
> Vincent:
>
> I will try the first part of an answer to your question.  It is a long 
> question, so you will probably get lots of different answers...
>
> There are several different implementations of Python. I will talk 
> about the two which are most common on Windows systems. I use both.
>
> CPython is implemented in the C++ language and uses the traditional 
> (or OLD, depending on your point of view) method of operating a 
> Windows program.  It is much more mature, starts up much faster, and 
> has lots of available modules, including numpy, scipy and countless 
> others. You find it at http://python.org. <http://python.org%20> To do 
> Windows specific things with it, you also need pywin32 
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32> .  It can be used on a web 
> server, and several web engines such as django, are written using it.  
> It cannot be used as a client script on a web page.
>
> IronPython is new, written by Microsoft in the C# language, and uses 
> the new .NET way of hooking things together.  It is a VERY good 
> implementation of standard Python, but since many of the add-on 
> libraries were written in C++, not C#, you cannot link to them. There 
> is a package called IronClad which seeks to make this happen, often 
> successfully. ( http://www.resolversystems.com/products/ironclad/ .) 
> IronPython also suffers from the frustrating habit of ALL .NET 
> implementations of taking several seconds (which at times feels like 
> several minutes) to start a new process running. So while it may often 
> be FASTER than CPython after it finally gets going, don't even THINK 
> about using it for a quick command-line script.  On the other hand, if 
> you are trying to interface with a new .NET project, it is only 
> reasonable way to go.  It also runs on the Silverlight platform, so 
> can be used as a scripting language for a web client page, not only a 
> server page.
>
> I have heard nothing but BAD reports about using Iron Python Studio. 
> However, there are several Integrated Development Environments which 
> work with CPython, IronPython, or both.  I, personally, use Wing for 
> debugging, and the IDE which is built in to pywin32 for rough work.
>
> Will Python code run as fast as C, or C++, or C# code?  No.  (or 
> almost never.)  Will it run fast enough that a human user will never 
> notice the difference?  Almost always.  So what you do is prototype in 
> Python, where you are most productive, then if you find that some part 
> of your system actually needs the performance boost, you recode that 
> piece in C++ (or C#).  I find that design changes usually do much more 
> to boost perceived speed than compiler changes do.  Python excels at that.
>
> So welcome aboard.  You have discovered a great tool.
> --
> Vernon Cole
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Vicent <vginer at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vginer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello to all.
>
> This is my first message to the list. I would like to ask you some 
> basic questions about IronPython. First of all, sorry for my English.
>
> I've just discovered IronPython, and I am actually a new-by in Python, 
> not an expert programmer. So maybe you'll find my questions quite 
> simple or naive.
>
> I read the first chapter of the classic book for IronPython 
> (http://www.manning.com/foord/SampleChapter1.pdf), and in pages 7-8 
> the author says:
>
> "Visual Studio 2008 integration exists in the form of IronPython 
> Studio, which is implemented through the Visual Studio Shell 
> extensibility framework. IronPython Studio can either be run 
> standalone (without requiring Visual Studio to be installed) or 
> integrated into Visual Studio. It includes Windows Forms and WPF 
> designers and is capable of producing binary executables from Python 
> projects."
>
> I am very interested in fully understanding this sentence above, 
> because I currently use C++ in MS Visual Studio 2008, but I like 
> Python more.
>
> So, with IronPython + Visual Studio 2008:
>
> (1) Can I obtain compiled code from Python source, as 
> efficient/fast/etc. as if it was made from C++?
>
> (2) Can I obtain executables (programs that people can install and 
> use, in the "normal user" language) as good/fast/efficient as I would 
> obtain using Visual C++?
>
> (3) Can I easily link my Python code with existing external C/C++ 
> libraries?
>
> (4) (Similar to the previous one) Can I easily link my Python code 
> with some C/C++ source code (I mean, mixing up Python and C in the 
> same project, in a transparent way)?
>
> (5) Can I use NumPy, SciPy and other key (scientific) Python libraries 
> in a transparent way?
>
> (or am I just dreaming??)
>
> Any answer will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
> --
>
> Vicent Giner
>
>
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