Getting Started With Dynamic Languages

• Posted by Shay Friedman on December 14, 2008
• 21 comments

I've grouped together some resources and blogs for all of you out there who are willing to start working with dynamic languages that are built on top of the DLR. Enjoy!

IronRuby

Installation

Currently you'll have to get the code from the IronRuby SVN repository (svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/ironruby  OR HTTP://ironruby.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/) and build the project yourself.
Justin Etheredge has posted a step-by-step walk-through on his blog.

Resources

• IronRuby homepage
• Ruby basic tutorial
• How to debug and run IronRuby code from Visual Studio
• Justin Etheredge's IronRuby post series
• My DevAcademy promo series

Recommended Blogs

• Mine! :)
• John Lam - IronRuby product manager
• James Schementi
• Oleg Tkachenko
• Curt Hagenlocher
• Jim Deville
• CodeThinked

IronPython

Installation

You can get the installer from the IronPython codeplex homepage: http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8365

Resources

• IronPython homepage
• Python tutorial
• Debugging IronPython Code in Visual Studio
• Planet IronPython
• IronPython Cookbook

Recommended Blogs

• Harry Pierson - IronPython product manager
• IronPython URLs
• Jim Hugunin
• IronPython team blog
• Martin Maly
• Srivatsn Narayanan
• Shri Borde

  IronScheme

 Installation

You can get the installer from: http://www.codeplex.com/IronScheme/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14059

Resources

• IronScheme homepage
• Scheme tutorial

DLR - The Dynamic Language Runtime

There is no need to download the DLR code separately because it already comes with the installation of the other languages. If you want to write your own language on top of the DLR, this is the place to start for you.

Installation

You can get the binaries and the code from the codeplex homepage: http://www.codeplex.com/dlr/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20378

Resources

• DLR homepage

Hope it helps,
Shay.