Integrating Scripting with Jython

Jython is very close to Python and has been certified as 100 percent pure Java. In fact, in a recent Web poll conducted by NetBeans (the Java IDE maker bought by Sun) on integrating a scripting language with its Java IDE, Jython won by a landslide. It also won a similar poll on JDJ and the Java channel.

By the way, you can develop Java Server Pages in Jython. They're called Python Server Pages, and they run in a Java servlet. They're also open source. (Find out more about them at http://www.ciobriefings.com.)

Tcl

The Java command language (Jacl) implements Tcl8.x for writing scripts for Java components and APIs. Another Tcl blend allows Java objects to be manipulated directly from Tcl. Because Tcl is the premier ...

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