Daniel Rocha's Forum Nokia Blog - Which technology should I use? Round 3: Python

I didn't have much knowledge about "Python". But after reading your post i feel really very exciting to know about it. This post is very interesting.

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Re: Which technology should I use? Round 3: Python

Hi all, thanks for the comments!

@svdwal: Agreed, but I wouldn't exclude Python as and RP language for Java entirely. For example, for prototyping Bluetooth, File system-accessing, network, location apps, it's still very valid (IMHO) since those APIs are easier to use than in Java ME.

@coulton: Good points. About the distribution, Flash Lite in theory is better, but what we're seeing is that fragmentation is getting there as well. By 'casual' I meant "not long running / not complex" games. I was thinking more of promotional games with a very short lifecycle (for Nokia Trends events for example) but this is a case-by-case analysis I think.

If an API is not available in Java, no amount of Rapid Prototyping in Python will reveal this problem. This makes Pyton a good RP language for Python and C++, but not for Java.

Python and games

While I would agree with much of your post I wouldn’t agree that Python is a good platform for games and I haven’t seen a good game developed in it despite having access to OpenGLES as the interpreter doesn’t seem to handle the intensity required for long periods. I wouldn’t agree either that it compares well for casual games as at the end of the day they need to be distributed and there are much better casual platforms.

Just to add to this...

Forum Nokia just published an eLearning module about Python for S60.
I recommend this to all Python brothers, Here is the link

http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/a5da42ca-3cc6-426f-9d98-234523fd9d75/Python_for_the_S60_Platform.html

Best Regards,
Croozeus

Excellent post. Been looking forward to this one.