IronPython and ASP.NET

Question

Has anyone built a website with IronPython and ASP.NET. What were your experiences and is the combination ready for prime-time?

Answer 1

The current version of ASP.NET integration for IronPython is not very up-to-date and is more of a "proof-of-concept." I don't think I'd build a production website based on it.

Edit:: I have a very high level of expectation for how things like this should work, and might setting the bar a little high. Maybe you should take what's in "ASP.NET Futures", write a test application for it and see how it works for you. If you're successful, I'd like to hear about it. Otherwise, I think there should be a newer CTP of this in the next six months.

(I'm a developer on IronPython and IronRuby.)

Edit 2: Since I originally posted this, a newer version has been released.

Answer 2

Keep a look out for ASP.NET MVC

The IronRuby guys have got some internal builds of MVC to work with IronRuby, and IronPython 2 and IronRuby have a lot of code in common with the DLR.

I'm not sure if they'll support IronPython/IronRuby when MVC is released, but it's definitely worth keeping your eye on anyway - The old ASP.NET forms-based development model is old, busted, and the sooner it goes away the better.

Answer 3

Check out the Dynamic Languages in ASP.NET page on Codeplex. This has the newest IronPython bits. It doesn't give you any Visual Studio integration, other than the sample website project, but that's coming.