Coding in jython

[Robototes2412]

THink, no brackets, no semicolins, no parentheses unless they are req'd, its easier

[spartango]

I've been working on a Jython interpreter port (alongside a rhino JS interpreter)...
It's a little tricky however, because these things are all written for Java 5/6 and have to be retrowoven/hacked back to be 1.3 compliant...
The bigger issue, however, is getting java bindings working(which you will need if you want to use anything in WPILibJ) because J2ME does not allow dynamic class loading...something both rhino and jython rely on in their java bindings.
Thus, my rhino intepreter works but it pretty much justs prints stuff for the moment...Jython is a bit more tricky to work with.

[cybiko123]

If you're trying to explain code to new programmers, shouldn't you use a language that is well-supported?

In other words, I don't know many FIRST teams (or anybody, really) using Jython. What if they have problems?

[FRC4ME]

Originally Posted by Robototes2412

THink, no brackets, no semicolins, no parentheses unless they are req'd, its easier

Getting new programmers to remember their brackets, semicolons, and parentheses is by far the easiest part of teaching them to be good programmers. The difficult is getting them to use simple and effective design patterns, which Python (/Jython) does not do a good job of encouraging, IMO.