15.2. IronPython as a scripting engine

By embedding IronPython in an application we can do much more than create executable wrappers over Python applications. Potential uses include providing scripting capabilities and plugins for .NET applications and even writing (or prototyping) parts of an application in IronPython.

In this section we work through another example,^[7] which covers the core classes and basic techniques for embedding IronPython. In the next section we build on this with a more specific example that uses IronPython to add a plugin mechanism to a program.

^[7] We use the BasicEmbedding example in the downloadable sources.