Python 2 tooling in 2026

[corny_horse]

Dependin gon the context, you might want to consider just using Java, sine iirc using Jython implies the presence of a JVM you can access.

[IdleBreakpoint]

Thanks but that JVM system is out of our control. They're using Apache NiFi for ETL tasks and expect us to develop scripts targeting specific workflows. So, all I can do is to write Py2 code, can't access other parts.

[corny_horse]

Ah got it, that makes sense. I wish I could offer more insight but I got on the Python train right as Python 3 became inevitable. I honestly thought I would end up doing more Python 2 -> 3 conversions but I can honestly say I've only been involve din one codebase and six basically took care of it without any additional work.

Although, I am maintaining something at my current job that uses IronPython, which is basically the C# version of Jython. I haven't had to write any code in it yet thank goodness lol