Running Django on Jython

Running Django on Jython

Jython is an implementation of Python that runs on the Java platform (JVM). This document will get you up and running with Django on top of Jython.

Installing Jython

Django works with Jython versions 2.7b2 and higher. See the Jython website for download and installation instructions.

Creating a servlet container

If you just want to experiment with Django, skip ahead to the next section; Django includes a lightweight Web server you can use for testing,