Planet Jython
Last update: July 02, 2009 11:47 PM
July 02, 2009
James Abley
Ubuntu Firefox 3.5 update
I've switched to 3.5 as my main Firefox (using Google Chrome / Chromium Web Browser as well). Just needed to update the symlink in /usr/bin/firefox so that applications using the system default browser were opening the right version of Firefox.
$ sudo rm /usr/bin/firefox
$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 /usr/bin/firefox
Ed Taekema
Jython 2.5 and a book!
Jython 2.5, the latest version, is out and available. Get it here: http://www.jython.org/. This brings Jython to compatibility with CPython 2.5 so it can run more python than ever.
Additionally, there is an open source Jython book in the works called The Definitive Guide to Jython. The book is a collaboration of multiple people close to the Jython project (Frank Wierzbicki, Jim Baker, Leo Soto, Vic Ng, and Josh Juneau) and will published via Apress. For now you can see the book as it progresses here but it should make an appearance at www.jythonbook.com soon.
Josh Juneau
The Definitive Guide to Jython - Open Source Version
Start reading the open source version of 'The Definitive Guide to Jython'. This book is currently being authored by Frank Wierzbicki, Jim Baker, Leo Soto, Vic Ng, and myself. It is due to be published by Apress in the fall of 2009. I am having a great time being part of the project and really appreciate the opportunity! I thank Jim Baker for contacting me in regards to the book and giving me the opportunity to become the lead author.
The book is available in restructured text format on the kenai.com website as the jythonbook project. You will find the Sphinx formatted book here for the time being, but we will migrate it to jythonbook.com in the near future. We encourage comments and suggestions.
A special thanks to James Gardner for his help on providing us with the tools to convert the book into restructured text format. I plan to have a post dedicated to my work with converting from Word to rst and vice versa sometime in the near future.
Our book is focusing on the 2.5 release of Jython, which you can download here. It goes through the Python language basics through some advanced concepts. The book then goes into Jython-specific topics such as java integration and the like.
We hope you will find this book useful. Stay tuned for more to follow on the book...
June 16, 2009
Frank Wierzbicki
Jython 2.5.0 Final is out!
On behalf of the Jython development team, I'm pleased to announce that Jython 2.5.0 final is available for download. See the installation instructions.
Jython 2.5.0 brings us up to language level compatibility with the 2.5 version of CPython. This release has had a strong focus on CPython compatibility, and so this release of Jython can run more pure Python apps then any previous release. Please see the NEWS file for detailed release notes.
I want to thank all of the amazing people who have contributed in large and small ways to this important Jython release. For the first time in a long time we have Jython that is a modern version of Python. Enjoy!
Please report any bugs that you find. Thanks!
Josh Juneau
Jython 2.5.0 Has Been Released
Jython 2.5.0 has been released! This release includes many new language features for Jython bringing it inline with more modern releases of Python. This is a big release and I congratulate all of the developers!
Go and download today from : http://www.jython.org
June 08, 2009
Frank Wierzbicki
Jython 2.5.0 Release Candidate 4 is out!
On behalf of the Jython development team, I'm pleased to announce that Jython 2.5rc4 is available for download. See the installation instructions.
This is the fourth and probably final release candidate of the 2.5.0 version of Jython. If no major bugs are found in rc4, we will relabel it as 2.5.0 final. With this version, all of the regression that we follow on Windows now pass.
Please try this out and report any bugs that you find.
June 04, 2009
Ed Taekema
Southpark RSC Invite Video
Here is the South Park video invite to the RSC 2009 conference incase anyone is looking for it. The video that was up on the big screen today: