[Jython/Java] Which books, which IDEs, which other tools?

[balaji]

The Java Programmer tried those few lines and a few more !!
And Was I surprised and excited !!

Thanks

Balaji


James_Althoff at i2.com wrote in message news:<mailman.1011995381.15187.python-list at python.org>...
> [Jim Althoff]
> > I know what you mean.  I've seen many examples of Java programmers being
> > unwilling to use Jython because they felt it would make their resumes/CVs
> > less marketable.  (Interestingly, the ones who have been open-minded and
> > willing to learn Jython often later feel that the ease of using Java APIs
> > in conjunction with Jython actually *improves* their Java knowledge.)
> 
> [Dave/brueckd at tbye.com]
> >Yeah, the save-to-file-then-compile-now-run-it process discourages
> >experimentation and penalizes mistakes. Jython makes it nearly
> >effortless to go poking around in different packages and classes to
> >see what's there.
> 
> Absolutely.  One of my favorites is to demo this to a Java programmer and
> watch the startled reaction:
> 
> C:\_Dev\pnp\build>jpython
> Jython 2.1 on java1.3.0 (JIT: null)
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> from javax.swing import JFrame
> >>> frame = JFrame('Hello, world!')
> >>> frame.setVisible(1)
> >>>
> 
> ... and then add buttons with handlers to the frame interactively!  :-)
> 
> Jim