Quick development environment for writing Python scripts for the browser.
Check out the demo.
This project template takes advantage of more than one development environment in order to test them out and offer the developer "more than one way to do it". It is intended to test the limits of the approach and as a testbed for python web development.
This repository is considered a basis into browser based collaborative educational development environments.
RapydScript implements Python 3 in Javascript. It offers an interpreter and the possibility to compile in-browser, so a REPL can be implemented, and also code can be edited and tested "live" without the involvement of a server.
- License: BSD-2
- Website: http://rapydscript.com
Transcrypt leverages the fully featured Python 3.5 parser at compile time in order to compile your code into fast javascript that is easy to debug.
- License: Apache 2.0
- Website: http://transcrypt.org
Check the code structure, see that it is Python that compiled into Javascript has access to the browser DOM and the entire Javascript world!
You will be interested in ./index.html, and ./css/development.css as well.
With install dependencies.
npm install
pip install -r requirements.txt
While the Python dependencies are optional, version 3.5 or superior is required. You may need to create a virtual environment.
Then you can then compile your python code:
npm run build
Or use the live auto-reloader:
npm run live
It will hopefully monitor the main.py file and its imports and trigger a browser reload after an incremental rebuild.
The idea is to obtain immadiate feedback each time you save your code. Note: This is not supported with Transcrypt.
There appear to be several options when attempting to use Python in the browser, and the trade-offs are not really clear at first. This is an attempt at testing them side by side, in order to determine what those trade-offs are, what are the best practices and the tools better suited for each task.
Python is a wonderful language for learning, for modelling, and for constructing powerful applications. It features a clear, expressive syntax. We really wanted to use it and share it! Let it be so in the browser too!
We like to teach children to program. Python is a terrific language for it. However we lack a web development platform that supports learners in the following scenarios:
- Have good performance on the client side.
- Work in (smart) mobile devices.
- Ability to deploy offline (or with very minimal server).
The ideal environment would allow to define classes (e.g. new Sprites and launch them) without losing the state, but there are a number of other important things to take into consideration such as friendliness of errors reporting, size and performance of resulting code, etc.
We intend to build up to this goal basing on what we currently have.
Our inspiration are tools such as:
- http://gamingJS.com/ice
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPYKYkD_5A0
- http://shama.github.io/voxel-drone/
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What are the best practices to wrap Javascript libraries using Python classes?
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Does it make sense to add reporting of compilation speed / size?
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To look at other compilers: Batavia, Javascripthon.
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Which Python transpiler shall we use?
Each project has its own license. Please respect them. For the code in this repository not coming from other projects, you may use either BSD-2 or Apache 2.0 at your own choice. When releasing your project, consider a license with copyleft such as the AGPL-3.0.
Happy Learning!