The .NET libraries normally do not expose the public field, but we can still find its' presence for certain scenarios. IronPython treats the .NET fields like python attribute. For python attribute, the typical operations are set, get and delete. In general...

The following steps are what I did to get Visual Studio ready as my IronPython (and IronRuby) editor. Install the latest internal dogfood build of Visual Studio 2008. you may use Visual Studio 2005 or download the VS 2008 public beta2 ; ...

C# allows method overloading. Given an argument list, the compiler performs the overload resolution to select the best method to invoke. The chosen method token is baked into the assembly. IronPython does the method resolution at the IronPython run time...

Python function may return multiple objects as a tuple. The .NET method can only return one object as the result of a call; in order to return more than one objects, by-ref parameters are needed. They are decorated with the parameter modifier (ref, out...

Use keyword arguments to set properties or fields… you likely ask the question: where can we do this? IronPython allows it in the constructor call, the call against the .NET type. Such keyword should be the name of public field, or property (which is...

After getting a CLR type, we can play it like a python type. We can get the class/static methods using the dot operator ("attribute reference") on the type, or create an instance of it and then get the instance methods. In Python’s word, these methods...