on 9/13/2000 12:22 PM, "Frank Conradie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * RAD - add/change (Python) actions and screens without recompiling!!! No
> lost sessions/logins/db connections because of reloads, no waiting forever
> for the first page after a reload (especially with our XSL stuff that is not
> cached initially), none of the problems that rapid edit/recompile cycles
> present to multiple coders. Can you say: "edit, save, refresh"?!
Hmm...I don't have this problem with WM + Turbine + Tomcat at all.
> * The JPython interpreter does the work at runtime. Of course, before
> deployment, JPython can be used to compile the Python actions/screens into
> Java class files, so that there's no performance penalty. In fact, JPython
> can "compile" to Java source code if needed!
Cool!
> * Easier for non-hardcore-Java developers. Now a developer with relatively
> basic Python skills can add actions and screens - just provide them with
> properly designed data objects that encapsulate the business rules/logic,
> and off they go! What's more, they can immediately see what they're doing
> (right or wrong!).
Cool! I'm still not convinced I like Python as a language, but whatever, I
know lots of people do.
> We're still in the baby stages of development on this stuff, but it sure
> would add a wonderful OPTION to Turbine for developers.
Lets include it. I'm totally +1.
-jon
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