An IronPython REPL Console in a WPF User Control
Recently I posted an IronRuby Console, purpose built as a WPF user control. The basic reasoning was to allow me drop in scripting into any given application or User Interface. In more recent times (with some help from Michael) I decided to ‘jump ships’ and move to IronPython as my choice DLR language. Given the change in direction I was obviously going to need my console window to support the language of my choosing.
The New IronPython Version
So to move forward with the WPF user control console project I decided to refactor it to support IronPython. Mark has jumped in just recently and started to contribute by adding the new “cached commands”, which offer up / down arrow repeat command behaviour such as found on a DOS console. You will also notice from the screenshot above I have imported the entire System namespace to demonstrate that it is possible (using the environment menu) to print the entire state of the default scopes current set of variables.
Now it’s true I could have done this in a way that allowed for switching between the languages, however I have delayed that decision until IronRuby reaches it’s version 1.0 official release. In the meantime you can now use the IronPython version or the IronRuby Version seperately.
I am going to follow up shortly with an example of how this little window can be become quite useful in a practical way.
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IronPython Console Window Project
IronRuby Console Window Project
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