<p>Jython, lest you do not know of it, is the most compelling weapon the Java platform has for its survival into the 21st century.</p>

<p>Jython is a popular implementation of the Python programming language targeted for the Java Virtual Machine. It has a very active user community evident from the number of books published, technical articles submitted and constant references to it in articles and blogs. However, it continues to suffer a stagnant growth that can be attributed to a limited and often quiet development team. While other languages such as Groovy are making headlines with their increased release cycles and features…

<p><a href="http://www.jython.org">Jython</a> is the <a href="http://www.java.com/en/">Java</a> implementation of the <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> programming language. It is a powerful tool for parsing data, accessing databases and other every day development tasks. One of the <em>batteries included</em> is an implementation of the Python <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/">DB API</a>, <a…