[Jython-users] New Jython IDE and some other stuff.

[Mark B. <ka...@ly...>]

Hello,
     I have been working on a new Jython IDE but I need answers to some questions. I have a basic editor up and running based on the jEdit text area component but it's buggy and I'm moving to the standard swing text area + editing kits. However while I am refactoring the code I also want to redo the whole user interface. At the moment the IDE looks and acts just like a lightweight version of jext or jedit but I want to make it more of an IDE. What IDE design do people prefer: IDLE, Komodo, Blackadder, WING or BOA? Version 1.0 of my IDE will not support a GUI builder but will have a plugin system that may be used to plug in a GUI builder in the future. The IDE could be a good example of how Jython can be used to build more than just simple scripts so all suggestions would be a great help.

On a completely separate note anyone interested in python cryptography should subscribe to the mailing list at ‘http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/python-crypto.html’. The group are developing a pycrypto module for encryption with a driver plugin system. I plan to develop a JCE driver so that Jython scripts can use the same pycrypto interfaces as Cpython. 

Final thing, anyone missing ZODB from Cpython should take a look at XL2 at ‘http://www.xl2.net/’. It’s a great simple to use GPL Java Object database. It’s still a bit raw but it’s moving to the more liberal LGPL and getting better all the time.

Anyway any suggestions about the IDE would be a great help,
Mark Brady.