A quick experiment on the latest state of IronPython/C# integration. Uses IronPython 2. (Binaries/releases for IronPython 3 are not yet available.)
The goal of this code was to evaluate: if I make a project that uses IronPython for all the script files, is there a way to achieve unit-testing on those Python scripts? (If not, we should just use Python integration as an interface, but keep everything in .NET code.)
Calling Python code from C#, and calling C# code (namespaces/methods) from Python; passing objects back and forth; writing Python tests for Python code.
For the tests to work, a number of things happened:
- Downloaded and unzipped the latest IronPython 2.7.10 binaries into
ipy(deleting the non-.NET-Core.3.1 files) - From the console, go into the
SturdyParakeetdirectory - Run the command
dotnet ../ipy/netcoreapp3.1/ipy.dll test_hello_you.py
This invokes .NET to run the .NET Core version of Iron Python, which takes in the file to execute, and runs it. Note that unittest is provided via Lib, which ships with IronPython.