Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread Nirav Thaker
Yo Group, I'm excited to learn Python as new language coming year, I consider myself good Java developer and, not so unusually, with very limited experience with dynamic programming languages such as Python or Ruby. I have started with basics at http://docs.python.org, but I'm more interested in

Re: Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread George Sakkis
On Dec 14, 11:53 am, Nirav Thaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yo Group, I'm excited to learn Python as new language coming year, I consider myself good Java developer and, not so unusually, with very limited experience with dynamic programming languages such as Python or Ruby. I have started

Re: Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Nirav Thaker a écrit : Yo Group, I'm excited to learn Python as new language coming year, I consider myself good Java developer and, not so unusually, with very limited experience with dynamic programming languages such as Python or Ruby. Then you'll probably have to unlearn a few things...

Re: Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread Berco Beute
Welcome to Python! One way to get you up to speed fast (and fun) is take some java app you've written and implement it in Jython. After you've done that, and gotten over the pleasant surprise of how short and clean your code has become, go over the source again and see where you can replace calls

Re: Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread Berco Beute
Having a decent knowledge of Python's object model As explained clearly here: http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_types_and_objects/python_types_and_objects.html http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_attributes_and_methods/python_attributes_and_methods.html 2B --

Re: Python for Java programmer

2007-12-14 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Berco Beute a écrit : Having a decent knowledge of Python's object model As explained clearly here: http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_types_and_objects/python_types_and_objects.html http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_attributes_and_methods/python_attributes_and_methods.html I'm not