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The PyJ2D module permits scripts coded in Python programming language and the Pygame module to run in the Java virtual machine (JVM) using the Jython interpreter. PyJ2D wraps several Java libraries including the Java 2D graphics library to emulate Pygame functionality. Information about PyJ2D can be obtained on the PyJ2D project page, the PyJ2D documentation, and the PyJ2D: Python-Java2D Applet post. I have used PyJ2D to create some applets of my projects, and will describe the method used to create them.
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PyJ2D is a module designed with the intent to allow scripts coded in Python programming language and the Pygame module to run in the Java virtual machine (JVM). Python programs can run in the JVM using Jython, a Java-encoded Python interpreter that includes much of the standard library and can access the Java library. My projects are coded in Python and Pygame, and I hoped to be able to execute them online as an applet. However, since Pygame is a wrapper of the SDL multimedia library coded in C language, it cannot execute in the JVM. I wrote the PyJ2D module in Python code that essentially is a wrapper of several Java libraries including Java 2D graphics library, and modelled after the Pygame library to maintain Pygame statements. The following Java applet is a demo of Serpent Duel included in my Interphase Pack that is coded in Python/Pygame using the PyJ2D module:
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My projects are coded in Python programming language. Python is an open source, object-oriented, scripting language with clear syntax, and the source code is run directly by the Python interpreter. The Python interpreter can be obtained for numerous operating systems, making the code cross-platform, and has an extensive built-in library that can be enhanced by importing extension modules. The following is a brief overview of Python, including what is required to run the programs and some information for those interested in using it for doing their own coding.
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I created a collection of programs that use my Interphase module to design the interface panel. The programs, packaged together in Interphase Pack, includes Serpent Duel, Pod Descent, and Sliding Control Puzzle. These programs are written in Python programming language and Pygame multimedia module. The source of the programs are provided, and the code can be examined as an aid in understanding in utilizing the Interphase module specifically, or Python/Pygame programming in general.

The Interphase module was developed to add interface panel functionality to my programs, started initially as the interface for my Microbe program, and expanded with the aim to facilitate coding a simple GUI interface to any Pygame application. To those who may have need for interface panel functionality, I will briefly describe some of the workings of the Interphase module deriving the example from one of the applications in Interphase Pack, Serpent Duel.
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