Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain ...

Use Java as scripting. A few projects use Java as-is for scripting. This idea misses the fact that Java is a system language; edit-and-run alone does not legitimize Java as a scripting language. Clone ...

The benefits of Java scripting interpreters are substantial. For one thing, scripting languages can be simpler to code in than Java.

I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

The next version of JavaSE 6, codenamed Mustang, will define a framework for scripts and scripting engines to interface and interoperate with Java. Try your hand at scripting using these tips.

The Java update complies with Java Specification Request 223, which lets scripting languages, including JavaScript and Python, run on the Java Virtual Machine.

Sun releases Java Standard Edition 6, a Java desktop update meant to work better with scripting languages.

Having an open-source Java virtual machine--something Sun Microsystems said it intends to do--will foster better JVMs for scripting languages, Yared said.