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

brianna102 — 2008-09-27T09:27:04Z

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

dcrocha — 2008-06-05T01:03:27Z

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.

svdwal — 2008-06-04T13:41:25Z

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

coultonp — 2008-06-04T07:53:35Z

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.

croozeus — 2008-06-04T04:11:32Z

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

bogdan.galiceanu — 2008-06-04T03:24:26Z

Excellent post. Been looking forward to this one.