JPython vs. Javascript?

[Chris Ryland]

I think you're conflating Javascript with Java. They're completely different
beasts.

Javascript is most often used embedded in web pages to do client-related
(DHTML) work (what it sounds like you want to do), usually mucking with the
HTML of a given page dynamically. Javascript (in this case) is built in to
the browser, and (in modern browsers, e.g., IE 4/5, NS 4) can be used to do
some fairly complex things.

Java applets (and thus JPython applets) usually run in a little "visual
sandbox" (to say nothing of their file system sandbox), i.e., a rectangular
portion of a web page. They can't really do the kinds of things that
Javascript scripts can do, in terms of augmenting the overall UI of a web
page.

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Cheers!
/ Chris Ryland, President / Em Software, Inc. / www.emsoftware.com

"Kojo Idrissa" <kojo at tamu.edu> wrote in message
news:38DF007A.64AFBE6E at tamu.edu...
> Hello all.  I am new to Python and I've got a question (surprise).  I'm
> teaching myself Python, but I'm also thinking about doing some stuff
> with Javascript to add some functionality to some web-pages (surveys,
> on-line tests, allowing people to interact through the web and "respond"
> to a site).
>
> My question is this:  How do JPython/Java applets compare with
> Javascript from a functionality standpoint?  I'm thinking it would be
> nice to not worry about learning another language and get more mileage
> out of my knowledge of Python by using JPython to turn Python code into
> Java applets.  I'm just not sure of the pros and cons.  My guess is that
> it's probably more an Applet vs. Javascript question, but I'm not sure.
> Any insight would be appreciated.