IronPython in Action News

Now that the book is out and people are actually reading it I'm slightly nervous as to how it will be received. Obviously it is a fantastic book, and all the reviews so far have been very positive, but even so...

It's therefore very encouraging to see that the first review on Amazon.com has arrived, and it's also positive (and I don't even know the reviewer):

Written by Python Experts who have developed complex applications with IronPython, this excellent book covers IronPython 2 and provides several code examples illustrating how faithful IronPython 2 is to Python 2.5 and how .Net and Python concepts map to each other. The diverse examples range from showing how IronPython integrates nicely with various .Net libraries such as Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, to how Python's advanced features can be used effectively in agile testing, and to how C# and VB.Net applications can embed the IronPython Engine to run Python code and scripts. The book also tackles areas in which the integration between IronPython and .Net is currently not straightforward, providing guidance on how to work around these issues, as well as information on how Microsoft may address these remaining issues. Overall, I think the authors did an excellent job, and even readers who may be relatively new to either Python or .Net will find the book an easy and valuable read because of the many little things that the authors did (e.g., thoughtful and concise explanations, copious code, great references, etc) to make it so!!

Amazon reviews are very important to the success of a book, so if you've read IronPython in Action (and particularly if you've enjoyed it) we'd really appreciate a review. Thanks!