JPython?

[Hank Fay]

Jim,

    is there a visual application development environment, using the Java
API, that will work with JPython?

    tia,

Hank

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Jim Althoff <jima at aspectdv.com> wrote in message
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> As a very active JPython user, here is my take on it.
>
> Yes, you can think of JPython as a mechanism
> that lets you run "Python" in a Web browser that supports
> Java.  You can also look at it as a mechanism for
> adding scripting capability to Java applications.
>
> But I think of it in a somewhat different way.
> JPython is a second implementation of Python
> that uses the Java VM instead of the Python
> runtime.  Why is this useful?  Because of the
> following tradeoffs.  In JPython you don't have
> access to Python C-based extension modules.
> Bad, obviously.  But you do have access to
> the basic core language structures and to
> any Python modules implemented completely
> in Python.  Neutral -- obviously you have this
> in standard Python as well.  But, the real kicker
> is this: with JPython you DO have complete
> access to ALL Java APIs.   Without having to
> do any work at all. No wrappers, no JNI, no CORBA
> no anything.   Instant availability.  All in the
> same JVM.
>
> I am in a situation where I need to develop
> huge applications and for various business
> and other reasons I am absolutely committed
> to using Java APIs (Swing for the UI, etc.).
>
> Without JPython, Java is the only real choice
> for programming the applications
> since doing wrappers to make all Java APIs
> available in Python is just not practical.
>
> With JPython, though, I can develop all of my
> applications using the Python language
> (as opposed to the C-Python implementation)
> and still make use of all the Java APIs.
>
> Personally, I believe the Java APIs are
> gaining enormous momentum for applications
> programming.  I think the ability to program
> in a high-level, dynamic language like Python
> while having seamless access to all of the Java
> APIs is a killer combination.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> At 03:00 PM 10/13/99 -0500, Dan Star wrote:
> >Let me see if I am understanding what JPython is.  Is it a just-in-time
> >compiler that translates python code to java byte-code so that the
> >python code can run in a WEB browser that supports java?  If so, I would
> >assume this places many restricitions on the Python language elements
> >you can use.  Or is JPython a seperate implementation of Python with its
> >own language set?
> >
> >--Dan
> >
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