# IronPython VS2010 Tools for IronRuby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironpython-vs2010-tools-for-ironruby/190828>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [June 28, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironpython-vs2010-tools-for-ironruby/190828 "2010-06-28T21:30:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nickh)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironpython-vs2010-tools-for-ironruby/190828/1 "2010-06-28T21:30:46Z")

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I have been following IronRuby for a while now as i have with IronPython  
and  
it seems like IronPython gets a lot more attention then IronRuby. While  
this  
may or may not be true from a development standpoint, from a  
visual standpoint its looks to be true. So i was wondering if the DLR  
team  
or whoever is in charge of the Visual Studio 2010 tools for IronPython  
would  
also be releasing a toolset for IronRuby? I am guessing the two teams  
are  
different but it would be a shame to leave IronRuby out in the cold  
while  
IronPython gets the royal treatment.  
–Nick

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**Author:** ![nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@nickh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nickh)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironpython-vs2010-tools-for-ironruby/190828/2 "2010-06-28T21:43:39Z")

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Turns out IronRuby, IronPython, and the DLR are basically the same 6-7  
people at Microsoft; for example, while I primarily work on IronRuby, I  
made the IronPython website and work on the Silverlight integration.  
Dino Viehland is the lead dev of IronPython, and the only dev on the  
tools, so naturally Python was first. Given our team size, we haven’t  
gotten to releasing tooling for Ruby yet.

Though, when I spoke at RubyConf 2009, I said after IronRuby 1.0 we  
would be definitely working on VS integration:  
[Jimmy Schementi \> IronRuby @ RubyConf 2009 – Part 4: Project status](http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2009/12/ironruby-rubyconf-2009-part-4-project.html).  
Again, given our team site, unfortunately you’ll have to be patient for  
the first version, or try to beat us to the punch. =)

~Jimmy

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Subject: [Ironruby-core] IronPython VS2010 Tools for IronRuby?

I have been following IronRuby for a while now as i have with IronPython  
and it seems like IronPython gets a lot more attention then IronRuby.  
While this may or may not be true from a development standpoint, from a  
visual standpoint its looks to be true. So i was wondering if the DLR  
team or whoever is in charge of the Visual Studio 2010 tools for  
IronPython would also be releasing a toolset for IronRuby? I am guessing  
the two teams are different but it would be a shame to leave IronRuby  
out in the cold while IronPython gets the royal treatment.  
–Nick