I just got my first Jython (and Python) project, and I was wondering what documentation, IDEs, etc. are best suited to a Java buff like me.
I know there are a lot of questions about starting out with Python, so I'm asking for things that might be specific to Jython. Where should I start? If it helps, I'm running Linux and Solaris only.
Do you use Eclipse for Java? PyDev is a nice Eclipse plugin for Python. PyDev has full support for Jython.
For starters, I'd read python is not java. It'll give you a good idea of some habits you may have to break to program in Python effectively. As has been mentioned, pydev is a pretty good development environment. Although I would say that you would eventually want to learn emacs (but you may just want to learn one thing at a time).
The Jython-users mailing list is a great resource:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jython-users
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IBM Developerworks has some good articles, which I can't find on their website anymore. They are on the jython.org homepage however:
Part 1
Part 2
PyDev is a good IDE if you're into Eclipse
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned www.jython.org -- maybe that's too obvious. I also liked the book Jython Essentials from O'Reilly. The book is dated (from 2002), but I still keep it on my bookshelf.