Professional IronRuby provides a complete guided tour through IronRuby, demonstrating why Ruby is important, what IronRuby can add to your .NET development arsenal, and how you can take advantage of Ruby while utilizing existing infrastructures. Building on your existing .NET knowledge, the authors will walk you through Ruby’s syntax and structure and the ways you can use IronRuby for .NET projects. Learn how to apply IronRuby to ASP.NET and Silverlight and decide where to develop your components, with straight-forward guidance on when and why to use IronRuby instead of C#, and vice versa.