IronPython Version?

[killo3967]

What version of Iron Python use ComicRack ?
I am trying to create a development environment and I need to know which version of Iron Python to download?

[maforget]

The binary used is 2.7.4, you can see the version in the csproj file.

ComicRackCE/ComicRack.Plugins/ComicRack.Plugins.csproj

Lines 23 to 25 in 763bfaa

	<PackageReference Include="IronPython">
	<Version>2.7.4</Version>
	</PackageReference>

But you don't really need even install IronPython itself on the computer for creating scripts. Just run ComicRack with the script in it's data folder and in Visual Studio attach to process to debug the plugin. Some just use the script output window to debug.

If you want a standalone environment, then sure you will need to install it. Haven't really taken a look at it, but you should check the comicvine scraper it has some setup for Visual Studio code, running without ComicRack itself. It kinda needs to emulates some of the functions from ComicRack that running standalone you will not have. Also be careful when importing because it might not work in ComicRack when it works in standalone. With ComicRack you need to package the files yourself with the script. So in standalone using pip install might work, but it won't transfer to the script in ComicRack. Even most of the built-in package will need to be provided, so sometimes it is easier to use the .NET functions instead of packaging half a dozen file just to call a function once.

[killo3967]

Wait, I'll tell you. I'm creating the documentation that I told you I was compiling some time ago and I think I have it.
One of the things I'm including in the documentation is "how to" the creation of a development environment, as I've seen that more than one user is interested but they don't want to make plugins because they don't know how to do it.
This brings us to the IronPython version. In reality IronPython doesn't matter much since in debugging you don't get to run ipy.exe.
What is important are the libraries, which must match the version of the runtime in ComicRack. So where did you get IronPython from, is it the original or did you use one from Github?

[maforget]

They are called Nuget packages. You just subscribe to it and it gets downloaded from the site when you build the program. That line I showed you is all that is required to get it. I didn't get it from anywhere, it isn't the same files as the IronPython interpreter is, just some DLLs.

[killo3967]

Thanks, i know this, but could you give me the elink of the nuget package you use to compile ComicRackCE?

[maforget]

There are no links, just the declaration in the project files. The compiler does the rest.

[killo3967]

Ok, let's see if I understand now, you to the project definition you indicate what package name should incorporate and the compiler goes to nuget and download in our case Iron Pyhton 2.4.7.

I think I found it and download it from here:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPython/2.7.4

And the installer for IronPython 2.7.4 for windows is here:
https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/releases/tag/ipy-2.7.4

Thanks for the clarification