Wildemar Wildenburger wrote: >> Hi Stu und "Willie", >> <<snip>> > >> I don't yet know what jython is about, or for, but I'm up for trying > > jedit for python. > jython is an implementation of python in java (hence the name ;)). That > means it's a python interpreter inside a java virtual machine (groan). > It basically lets you write java apps in python syntax. It's currently > at python 2.1 I believe. > jEdit is extensible though java, and with the jython plugin also through > python.
Thanks. That helps me get a sense of the landscape. > >> Which plugins give me a good start for scientific stuff? > Er ... I don't know. What do you mean by 'scientific stuff'? I've come to sense, in the last (many) threads and topics brought up that I have read in the last 3 weeks, that this NG attracts folks who are very much into the web-app interface potential and usefulness of Python, as you yourself seem to be (see following), and others, such as I, who appreciate its power for technical apps, such as hard-core stats, optimization, and integration with even more sophisticated off-the-shelf apps, as well as home-brewed stuff, hopefully even original algorithms. I have seen, several times in this NG, references to "scientific stuff". I take it to mean apps meant for, or used by, folks in engineering, physics, applied mathematics, exploratory theoretical stats and practical applied stats (at a very high level) --- these users have PhDs in areas dealing with "scientific stuff". What's *your* view take on this? > You might want to look at python packages such as scipy (?) or numpy > (for numerical calculations) or whatever those are called. "Whatever those ..." ?!? Maybe this clarifies my response. I think you > can hook up python to Matlab, Scilab or Mathematica, but don't take my > word for it. I don't use any of this, so I cannot really tell you more. > None of this is jEdit specific though. Can you clarify? Thanks. I hope to very soon. Potential interactions with other APIs are keeping me up nights. I could use your help on one of these in the near future. > >> I am not interested in Web/html apps. > Too bad, that's the future ;). For whom?!? When? Been to a so-called 3rd-world country for an extended period yet? Think Angola, Chad, ... > >> And is there an IDE out there that lets us create GUI dialogs along >> the lines of what MS provides with Excel and, I assume, VB? > Stani's Python Editor (SPE) and Boa Constructor, I think. I've tried SPE > a few years back and liked it a lot. Great! I'll give it a try. > If you only ever write python code you might want to forget about jEdit > and use one of the two above. jEdit is dubbed 'Programmer's Text > Editor', and as such provides a 'unified' framework for many languages > (so you don't have to learn a new editor for every damn language you > write in once in a blue moon). It is for that reason a /tad/ less > specialized (though highly configurable). If you still want to use > jEdit, there is wxGlade for wxPython out there and Glade (not wxGlade!) > works for pyGTK, I believe. > Hope that helps you deciding. Very much so, and many thanks. My only languages are C and VBA, and the environments of R and Mathematica (hey, I'm ancient). > "Willie" ;) lol DaveB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list