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 Agenda -- LearnQuest Jython Training
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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.



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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, 


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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).