[Tutor] another ?, can Python be learned and used instead of CGI, Perl, and Java/JavaScript or are those still necessary?

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> then, when was
> the last time you saw a really useful applet? :-)

Smiley noted but I do have to jump in and defend applets.
There are a lot of real world applications being written for 
the web now that use full client/server applet/servlet technology. 

For instance in house I book my timeevery month using a Java 
applet to replace the previous VB application. I also log faults 
in our in house reporting tool using an applet to replace 
an Oracle Forms application.

Finally the Genesys Internet Suite is a commercial application 
that uses applet technmology to allow co-browsing, web chat 
etc etc into a traditional call-centre environment. I think the 
applet has become well established as the means to get performant 
UI's on the web - far beyond the early Mickey Mouse animations etc.

Sorry, I guess you hit one of my 'hot buttons' there :-)

Alan G.

PS This has nothing to do with the original question since you can 
use JPython for applets....albeit slowly!