http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0404yang/ This is an introductory article for using Jython to write QA tools, Performance Test tools as a aid to my daily life here at IBM. Personally, I 've expericenced nontrivial productivity gains by writing Jython code as super glue to java applications. And more importantly it is fun to use list, dictionary, list comprehension as well as lambda function with existing enterprise level Java libraries. cheers, Markham, Canada Victor