Agenda -- LearnQuest Jython Training

This document provides an agenda for the Jython training scheduled for LearnQuest Corporation for Mon., 8/7/2006 through Wed., 8/9/2006.

Day 1 AM:

• Introductions, administrative matters.
• Outline of the course. Goals for the course.
• Java review: (1) Java lexical matters; (2) Java statements and syntax; (3) Java classes; (4) exceptions; (5) packaging and jar files.

Day 1 PM:

• Introduction to Jython: (1) description of Jython and Python; (2) comparison and differences between Jython and Python; (3) comparison with Java.
• Lexical matters: (1) variables, (2) line structure, (3) comments, (4) block structure, (5) operators.
• Jython execution model: (1) how Jython evaluates and runs code; (2) the Jython object model.
• Built-in data types and operations on built-in types: numerical types, lists/arrays, dictionaries, strings, etc.

Day 2 AM:

• Built-in data types, continued.
• Introduction to structured Jython: (1) functions, (2) classes, (3) modules, (4) packages.
• Jython statements: (1) assignment, (2) import, (3) print, (4) if-then-else.

Day 2 PM:

• Jython statements, continued: (1) try-except, (2) raise, (3) for, (4) while, (5) continue and break,

Day 3 AM:

• Structured Jython revisited: (1) functions, (2) classes, (3) modules, (4) packages.
• Jython extended: calling Java from Jython.

Day 3 PM:

• Extending Jython with Java: writing Java for Jython; special techniques.
• Compiling Jython for Java: (1) when and why; (2) benefits; (3) how-to compile, using jythonc; (4) how-to use the resulting .class files.
• Embedding Jython in Java: (1) capabilities provided by embedded Jython; (2) how to embed; (3) passing values between Jython and Java; (4) maintaining state (across scripts).