A Good Mix 32: Alpha Encoding Files, Embedding IronPython in Russian, IronSharePoint, IronRuby, World's Worst Paint Program

By Michael Foord -
More IronPython and DLR related projects, articles and news from around the web.
 Steve Gilham shows how to generated encoded version strings for installers using IronPython:
When building installers the UpgradeVersion must have a unique property value that is an installer public property (upper-case alpha). So, what better way of adding uniqueness than making it have the form "product name + product version" with the version suitably encoded...

So, a script for turning a file version (4 x 16bit ints) encoded as a System.Version into a short alpha string, assuming that Major and Minor will be small, and that common approaches are to step Build, to use a stepped Build plus date-stamped Revision, or a timestamp Build and Revision.
An article on IronPython, and in particular using IronPython from C#, in Russian.
 A while ago Christian Glessner announced the start of the IronSharePoint project: showing how to develop SharePoint applications with IronPython. Well, he hasn't released anything but there is now code available for download from the Codeplex site. Could be worth exploring if you work with SharePoint...
 Since early 2007 John Lam has been working for Microsoft as program manager of IronRuby, the implementation of Ruby on the Dynamic Language Runtime. Up until almost eleven months ago that is. John quietly transferred to a 'secret' project within Microsoft, a project that has also claimed Curt Hagenlocher (IronCurt). As they are *close* to being able to announce the secret project John has made his departure from the IronRuby team official and handed over the reigns to Jimmy Schementi who was previously only in charge of the integration between dynamic languages and Silverlight. Now Jimmy is doing both.
 Dino Veihland presented on IronPython and the Dynamic Language Runtime at the recent PDC conference. Part of his talk featured the "World's Worst Paint Program", which from Dino's description includes both IronPython and IronRuby code. He has made this available for download from the IronPython Codeplex Site.
 This is built using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and the IronPython CTP for that release - so you'll need to download both of those.  I've also included the Python and Ruby code that I used during the demonstration in a file called code.txt.  The paint program it's self is in the final form at the end of the demo.

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