Professional IronPython

buIldINg A bASIC ASP.NET SITE uSINg IRoNPyTHoN
You’ve seen someone else’s examples for working with IronPython on a Web site. Now it’s time to 
create an IronPython Web site of your own. The example in this section isn’t meant to do anything 
too impressive. This section focuses on a process you can use to build ASP.NET applications of your 
own instead. The following sections describe every step you need to take to create any ASP.NET 
application using IronPython.
Creating the Project
Neither Visual Studio nor DLR provides a project template for you to use. In addition, you have 
more work to do when creating an ASP.NET application, so creating a project isn’t quite as easy as 
it should be. The DLR instructions suggest copying the 
hello-webforms
folder to another location 
and using it as a starting point, which will work but will prove cumbersome. The following steps 
create a different kind of setup, one that will prove better in the long run, but require more work on 
your part now.
1.
Create a folder for your application. The example uses 
Calculator
, but you can use any 
name you want.
2.
Copy the 
hello-webforms\bin
folder to your project folder.
3.
Create a 
.BAT
file (the example uses 
Start.BAT
) with the following content:
@Echo Off
REM Change this directory to the location of WebDev.Webserver
CD \WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
REM Start the Web server.
Start /B WebDev.WebServer /port:%1 /path:%2 
REM Open the Web browser to the right Web site.
Start “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox” http://localhost:%1/
@Echo On
This batch file changes directories to the correct location for the WebDev.Webserver utility. 
It then starts the WebDev.Webserver utility with the port and path information you provide 
as part of the project arguments. Finally, it starts your browser so you can see the results.
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