Because writing javascript that is compatible con every mayor browser "by hand" is a very hard work Ignacio On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Kaiting Chen <kaitocracy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ >
