[Jython-users] Preview of Jycraft, Minecraft coding in Jython

[Paul E. <pau...@me...>]

Hi all. Here’s a not-for-public preview of where we are:

  https://jycraft.github.io <https://jycraft.github.io/>

It is essentially a repackaging of the work done previously. Thanks first to Seppe vanden Broucke for the original code and idea. Big thanks to Ben Lewis for the Gradle build and rounds of refactoring. And thanks also to Daniel Munoz Gonzales for several useful changes, including getting HTTP static file hosting to simplify setup.

We’re not quite at the point where it is safe to say the project is viable and open for business. We have a few easy-for-Java-people tasks (e.g. talk JSON over the web socket) that need attention. We have a few medium-sized tasks (e.g. sending web socket messages from Python), as well as some hard tasks (annotation-driven Spigot/Sponge integration, slimming down from 37 MB, cookiecutter templates). If you are decent at Java, a few hours of help would go a long way.

Once we get a few more milestones out the door, we’ll reach the point of knowing this is legit. We’ll beef up the website advertise more broadly, and submit a talk for PyCon.

Big, big thanks Ben and Daniel for the hard work. 

—Paul