- Topics
- Ruby,
- Dynamic Languages,
- .NET,
- Languages,
- IronRuby,
- Programming,
- Language,
- WPF
Building upon the previous article introducing IronRuby, this article explores how to work with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) within IronRuby. In addition to a detailed example of an IronRuby WPF sample application, others areas covered include event handling, working with XAML, inheriting from CLR classes, and reducing verbosity in IronRuby code.
- Topics
- Ruby,
- Mono,
- Windows Azure,
- .NET,
- Dynamic Languages,
- Azure,
- Languages,
- PaaS,
- Programming,
- Language,
- DLR,
- IIS,
- IronRuby,
- CLR,
- RubySpec,
- Cloud Computing,
- SQLite,
- Rails,
- RubyGems
IronRuby is Microsoft's implementation of the Ruby language we all know and love with the added bonus of interoperability with the .NET framework. It's supported by the .NET Common Language Runtime as well as, albeit unofficially, the Mono project. This article gives an introduction to IronRuby, and discusses how to run Rails applications in IronRuby as well as potential issues to look out for.
