An Introduction to Jython

What Does Jython Do Well?

Protyping
Java investigation

>>> from java.util import Date
>>> d = Date()
>>> print d
Sat Jan 08 16:26:16 CST 2005
>>> from java.util import Random
>>> print dir(Random)
['__init__', 'nextBoolean', 'nextBytes', 'nextDouble', 'nextFloat',
'nextGaussian', 'nextInt', 'nextLong', 'seed', 'setSeed']
>>>

Bean properties accesible
```
>>> print Date().time
1105500911121
```
Glue together libraries already written in Java
Excellent embedded scripting language