We are bumping up our investment in these exciting new languages, and have openings for dev, test, and PM positions. Here are the job descriptions: 

Dev

VS integration: http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=5CC7E752-B603-4E85-AE0D-8509EC6ECE70

Test (contact YAlvi at microsoft.com for more information)

PM (contact MaheshP at microsoft.com for more information)

IronPython: Link not yet available

Drop us a line if you are interested.

At TechEd, I (MaheshP@Microsoft.Com) said we'll make the demos available on our blog. Here they are:

Robotics Studio demos:

• Overall blog is at: http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/  
• Demo's showing IPy usage: http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/archive/2007/03/21/on-demand-video-tutorials-for-microsoft-robotics-studio.aspx 

Powershell demo (tho I did not get to this):  

• Is available/working with 1.x IronPython at:

  http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=47

ASP.NET control for client script:

·         http://blogs.msdn.com/dmitryr/archive/2007/05/04/dynamic-client-script.aspx the blog entry has a ZIP file attached. It does not contain ‘fractulator’.

·         Fractulator is available at http://www.codeplex.com/dynamicsilverlight/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3809

o   Download ipy-fraculator.zip

Web Services samples are available only for IronPython 1.x at:

·         http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=47

o   download IronPython-1.0.1-Samples-WebServices.zip

We have three very exciting talks (below) at TechEd 2007 in Orlando. In addition we are dynamic languages booth that will have folks from the team that can demo/answer questions you may have. Join us at TechEd!

    Tuesday, June 5 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM, Blue Theater 14 

WEB324 - Dynamic Languages on the Web

    Thursday, June 7 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM, N220 F 

Speaker(s): Mahesh Prakriya, Dmitry Robsman

Track(s): Web Development and Infrastructure

Level: 300

After attending this talk you will learn how to use dynamic languages (such as IronPython, Jscript, VBx and IronRuby) in Silverlight and ASP.net. ASP.net and Silverlight are two great example hosts of Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) and the languages listed above are implemented on DLR. We will first demo in Silverlight, then asp.net and will end with a combined demo of the two!

 

DEV315 - "IronPython" and Dynamic Languages on .NET

    Friday, June 8 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM, S210 B 

Speaker(s): Mahesh Prakriya

Track(s): Developer Tools and Technologies

Level: 300

"IronPython" is the codename for a new implementation of the Python programming language on the .NET Framework. IronPython is fast—in fact, up to 1.8 times faster than Python-2.4 on the standard pystone benchmark. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation as well as static compilation to produce pre-compiled executables. It's well integrated with the rest of the framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers. This session shows how IronPython brings the power of .NET to Python and the power of Python to .NET. At OSCON 2004, the first public release of IronPython was announced. This session demonstrates the latest IronPython version in a range of situations from using GUI frameworks to driving Microsoft Office applications to working with a variety of external libraries. We also discuss other scripting languages on .NET.

 

There are few upcoming talks that I’d like to announce:

First, at the ASP.Net Connections in Vegas, David Ebbo is giving a talk that'll be worth attending and will cover how to use IronPython in ASP.Net applications.

AMS301: Developing ASP.NET Web Applications with IronPython
David Ebbo
IronPython is a new fast implementation of the Python programming language running on the .NET Framework. While it stays true to the beauty and simplicity of the Python language, IronPython offers Python programmers seamless access to the richness and power of .NET libraries and applications in a fully dynamic environment as well as static compilation to produce pre-compiled assemblies. This session focuses on utilizing the IronPython dynamic language to quickly build full-featured ASP.NET Web applications. You will learn how to use IronPython to add rich scripting support to existing .NET applications and extend new applications with custom Python code. We will also demonstrate how IronPython can be used to combine a wide variety of .NET components and services. This talk is targeted at Python programmers looking to take advantage of the power of ASP.NET and at ASP.NET programmers looking to learn how Python can make building Web applications easier.

Overall agenda is at: http://www.devconnections.com/shows/aspfall2006/default.asp?c=1&s=82 

Second, I’ll be giving two talks at Teched Europe in Barcelona.

Nov 9th, 11:45am: Dev206: IronPython and .NET Scripting Languages

'IronPython' is the codename for a new implementation of the Python programming language on the .NET Framework. IronPython is fast – in fact, up to 1.8 times faster than Python-2.4 on the standard pystone benchmark. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation as well as static compilation to produce pre-compiled executables. It's well integrated with the rest of the framework and makes all .NET libraries easily available to Python programmers. This session shows how IronPython brings the power of .NET to Python and the power of Python to .NET. At OSCON 2004, the first public release of IronPython was announced. This session demonstrates the latest IronPython version in a range of situations from using GUI frameworks to driving Microsoft Office applications to working with a variety of external libraries. We also discuss other scripting languages on .NET.

Nov 9th, 5:30pm: DEVWD26: ASP.NET: Developing ASP.NET Web Applications with IronPython

description is same as above for David's web talk..

Thanks,

Mahesh Prakriya

When launched, IronTunes presents you with a graphical interface from which you can load any number of music files and begin playing them.  Further, you can search through your loaded music collection by typing inside the search field and see your playlist filtered as you type.  IronTunes provides the basic playback functionality (play, pause, volume control) by using DirectShow COM APIs from IronPython via COM interop.

This sample written by Ravi Chugh is an IronPython program that builds on top of System.Windows.Forms to create a fun slide puzzle game using maps.  The readme.htm file in the download (download page: IronPython-1.0-Samples-Puzzle.zip) will get you started.  The puzzle game comes with several maps (games) that you can start with.  If you want more challenging maps, Slide Local gives you the ability to choose or create your own map to play with.

The map tiles the program uses are pulled from Virtual Earth tile servers using the System.Net APIs.  If the caching option is selected, all downloaded map tiles are saved to the file system, allowing tiles to be rendered much faster the second time around.  Enabling caching also allows you to continue to play games when you don’t have a network connection.  Keep an eye on the size of the cache folder though since there is no size limit.