[python-advocacy] How programming language webpages should be designed

[Andre Roberge]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Ray Allen <rayallen153 at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Michael Foord wrote:
>
>> Jason Baker wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Michael Foord
>>> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> One possibility would be "Try Python". It uses Silverlight to execute
>>>> Python
>>>> *in* the browser:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really like Try Python a lot.  However, I do know a number of people
>>> that would quickly give up on Python the minute they see "requires
>>> silverlight" anywhere.  Rational or irrational, I don't think we want
>>> to risk losing devs because of that.
>>>
>>>
>> Whilst I understand people not wanting to install Python I doubt that an
>> online example needing Silverlight will actually cause people to give up on
>> *Python* altogether. :-)
>>
>

>  Sorry - but I think Silverlight should be avoided for the reasons listed.
>  Maybe to start with, it should just be a static image displaying code.
>  That could be added very quickly.
>

Another option might be to adapt skulpt: http://www.skulpt.org/

André


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