Python & TKInter applets

[Robert Johnson]

I would be developing for a Windows NT server and would probably use a
server-side solution since our customer base is not huge so our website is
not heavily used (the general public would probably not have much interest).
The only reason I even considered an ActiveX solution in the first place was
it took my compiler about 1 minute to convert my working application into a
ActiveX component.

Robert Johnson

"phil hunt" <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:slrn9d9jp4.jbp.philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk...
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:20:42 -0700, Robert Johnson
<rjohnson at exotic-eo.com> wrote:
> >I am a Python newbie and I am wondering if Python and TKInter will allow
me
> >to write web applications similar to what I can do with ActiveX.
>
> Not really. if you want to write web applications, you need to use
> either java or something like Jython that outputs JVM code.
>
> >Apparently, ActiveX is not  Netscape-compatible,
>
> Correct.
>
> It is more accurate to say ActiveX is not WWW-compatible; if you use
> ActiveX, you are locking your users in to a Microsoft-only solution,
> not a web-based solution.
>
> > or so I'm told (what a
> >surprise!).  I am writing an application that will plot an optical thin
film
> >design.  It will contain some boxes with entry parameters and will plot a
> >graph of the reflectance, transmission, tau, or rho for a particular thin
> >film design over a range of wavelengths (I work for a laser optical
> >manufacturer that specializes in thin film coatings).
>
> I personally find web-based applications easier to write and
> deploy if the code is all on the server side. Then your users can
> use any web browser.
>
>
> --
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>
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