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Python Programming with the Java Class Libraries, by Richard Hightower, Addison-Wesley,
2003 620 pages.
If you are at all interested in Jython, this is a great book to read. Python
Programming with the Java Class Libraries is primarily a Python book that
teaches you how to use the Java libraries with Jython. This is in contrast
to a book like "Jython for Java Programmers", which is primarily a book aimed
at Java programmers who want to use Jython.
This book would be acceptable for complete newbies to Python, in that it
adequately covers the core Python language. But the real strength is for
using Python to create Jython programs that utilize the Java libraries, particularly
the Java Swing GUI libraries.
The Java Swing toolset is great for creating cross platform GUI's. Using
Jython to access the Java Swing libraries is a match made in heaven. Swing
programs written in Python are considerably shorter and easier to write than
the equivalent Java programs. This makes GUI programming using Jython a very
attractive option. In fact, Jython-Swing is an attractive and compelling
option for creating Python GUI programs, right up there with Tkinter and
wxPython.
This is an excellent book and is highly recommended.
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