Jython
As I delve deeper into my new ‘Learning Java Book‘, I continue to miss Python more and more. Not that I don’t find Java an impressive language; it’s amazing what us humans can come up with. But considering I learned Python first, Java (and every other languange I’ve ran into) seem… less desirable in comparison. I know them’s fightin’ words in some parts, but hey, this is my blog.
I’d known about Jython for some time, but it finally clicked in my head: Why not try it? It’s Java, but it acts like Python. After an easy download and installation, I fired up it’s ‘jython.bat’ file (on WinXP) and there before me was the Python (er… I mean Jython) prompt. It was an eerie feeling using an interactive Jython shell to import ‘javax.swing’ and make a simple UI, but it worked flawlessly. And so much easier than having to jump through all those Java hoops requiring you to make extraneous classes, etc.
From an online tutorial:
Thus creates:
I’m not sure where Jython will take me, but it sure makes me warm up to Java more 
Next step will be to get it running in Eclipse…