On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:14 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxxx>wrote: > the benefit to the pyjs approach is 100% client side operation, so it > can run without online access. additionally, the python-DOM version > (or the pyjs version if proxying thru a local daemon) could > potentially direct install from the website, leading to "install now" > functionality. lastly, python means you could use the same lang to > write the front end and the backend, and communicate using JSON > messages. > > as a professional web applications developer by day, i can vouch that > writing webapps requires knowledge of about 4 different haphazardly > implemented "standards", requiring far to much painfully acquired > knowledge. by using a library like pyjamas, you allow anyone with > python experience to write incredibly functional plugins/modules, and > share maintenance load. django is a great platform, but after i > discovered pyjamas about 1yr ago, i haven't looked back, and am > convinced that compiler technology is the only sane way to develop > complex and maintainable web-based applications. > Out of curiosity why is everyone so again just writing Javascript? Everyone seems to want to write in some other language and then compile to Javascript these days. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/