Craig Murphy Reviews IronPython in Action
Craig Murphy has just posted an in-depth review of IronPython in Action. It's quite a long and detailed review, but thankfully he likes the book and recommends it:
During 2008, dynamic languages picked up a lot of momentum. Indeed, in IronPython In Action, Foord and Muirhead describe this momentum somewhat amusingly: “dynamic languages are trendy; all the alpha-geeks are using them!” With what is the largest known IronPython codebase forming a large part of their careers, the authors are well-placed to provide us with accurate and authorative information coupled with practical code examples.
He goes on to give a brief summary of each chapter along with his thoughts. Craig particularly likes chapter 15 on embedding IronPython, which is also one of my favourite chapters: "if you are searching for the Holy Grail that is an extensible application architecture, you need this book for chapter 15 alone".
Craig is a .NET developer who helps organise a lot of community events in the UK and Scotland. We're grateful for the time and effort he has put into the review.
Meanwhile Lawrence Oluyede has continued summarizing in Italian. He's now up to chapter 8: metaprogamming and .NET interoperation.