Other than being used to wrap Java classes, what other real use is there for Jython being that Python has many other GUI toolkits available? Also, these toolkits like Tkinter are so much better for client usage (and faster) than Swing, so what would be the advantage for using Jython? or Is Jython really just so that Java developers can write Java code faster?
I use Jython a lot. I have a background in Java and I am working in a Java shop, but I prefer to code in Python, so Jython has some appeal:
- Works with existing Java libraries, both in-house proprietary libs and favorite third-party libs. The third-party libs probably have Python equivalents, but it's nice to be able to keep using some favorite tools.
- Doesn't add any new requirements to the target machine (just needs the JRE they already have, Python install not needed) (yes, I know about py2exe)
- No one has to know :-) I can ship a jar file (or several) that contains my program, it looks just like Java.
A recent poster on jython-users had switched from Python to Jython because he preferred Swing over the GUI toolkits available with Python so I guess there is room for more than one opinion on that point.
Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
