[Ironpython-users] Who's using IronPython?

[Douglas S. Blank]

On 08/08/2011 03:40 PM, Jeff Hardy wrote:
 > I'd like to create a 'Who's using IronPython?' to show the IronPython
 > is being used and maybe help drive adoption. (See
 > http://www.boost.org/users/uses_open.html for an example).

I thought that other people might be interested, so responding to entire 
list.

Project: The Calico Project
URL: http::/CalicoProject.org/
Description of project:

The Calico Project is a framework for learning, doing, and playing with 
computation. At its core is an integrated editor, interactive console, 
and social interaction framework for exploring computer science through 
modern, dynamic languages. It is designed to be a simple, yet powerful, 
integrated development environment (IDE) for students, teachers, 
researchers. It runs on most any operating system, including Linux, Mac 
OS X, and Windows. All sources for the Calico Project are open and free.

Calico allows interactive-switching between a variety of .NET languages 
(eg, Python, Ruby, Scheme, F#, C#, Boo, and a visual programming 
language) with a single keystroke. In addition, some of the languages 
can share data and code. For example, you can run a Scheme program 
(using proper tail-call optimized code) from Python. Other languages can 
be added by dropping a folder into the system.

Libraries work with all languages, and currently include 2D graphics, 
robots, and a physics simulation engine. Implemented in a portable .NET 
manner, run by Mono, and graphics in Gtk#.

Screen shots and videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryaCuiaE3o (62 lines of code)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReaSMQs-IFE (33 lines of code)
http://calicoproject.org/CalicoScreenShots

Free PDF/Low-cost paperback Textbook now available:
http://calicoproject.org/Learning_Computing_With_Robots_Using_Calico_Python

(Interested in CS education? Let me know! In use in the classroom this 
fall, 2011)

-Doug

-- 
Douglas S. Blank, Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College
http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank  (610)526-6501