JPython vs. Javascript?

[Kojo Idrissa]

Thanks for the response.  I'm aware that Java !=Javascript, but I guess my 
general question was more of a "Java Applet vs. Javascript" question, not a 
"JPython vs Javascript" question.  I thought that might be the case.  It's just 
that since I don't really know Java, the way I was going to make applets was 
through JPython.  From your response, it looks like the functionality of the 
two is very different.  You're right, I basically want to add some functions to 
static web pages...mostly the ability to have people be able to "respond" to a 
page or set of pages and have their repsonses sent to me for analysis.  Ah, the 
life of a researcher.

Thanks again, and if there's anything I've missed or am overlooking, please let 
me know.

In article <G0KD4.1235$6k3.31292 at news>, cpr at emsoftware.com says...
>
>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.
>
>--
>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.
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