Alex wrote:
> I am using Mac OSX, running Python 2.5.1 from the terminal.
>
> By "regular interpreter" i mean, pulling up the Terminal and typing
> python to launch the Python. I want to be able to bundle everything up
> for users and let them interact with whatever interpreter they use and
> not necessarily need to know about using sage. Allowing them to build
> write scripts referencing my classes to manipulate data.
>
> Again, I'm new to Sage and Python (am typically a Java dev) so I
> apologize if these questions are ridiculous. I am trying to find
> analogous situation to jaring up my library and letting users use it
> to build Java apps.
Here is my current understanding of what Sage's architecture looks
like (corrections by more knowledgeable developers are welcomed):
http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/tkosan/misc/sage_architecture_v.05.png
What this diagram shows is that Sage takes a standard python
environment and then significantly enhances it with: 1) python code
developed by the core Sage developers. 2) open source math-oriented
python modules, and 3) pseudo-tty connections to various stand-alone
applications which are written in various languages.
In Java, this might be similar to taking Java SE 6, bundling various
open source packages with it, and also bundling various native
applications with it and accessing them with JNI.
Sage contains so much customized functionality that there is no easy
way to get around the need for people to have their own complete copy
of Sage in order to run any Sage-based code you may develop :-)
Since you are a Java programmer learning Python, I recommend that you
read the "Jython Essentials" book from O'Reilly before moving on to
pure Python books. The Jython book explains how Python works by
showing how it is similar to Java and also how it is different. I
also came to Python from Java and I think this short book was able to
get me up and running with Python much quicker than a pure Python book
would have been able to do.
Ted
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