Python Web App

[Daniel Fetchinson]

>>>> Anybody know where I can find a Python Development Environment in the
>>>> form of a web app for use with Chrome OS. I have been looking for a
>>>> few days and all i have been able to find is some old discussions with
>>>> python developers talking about they will want one for the OS to be a
>>>> success with them.
>>>
>>> Personally, I think a web app based IDE would be ghastly; but, you might
>>> have a look at Mozilla Skywriter (formerly Bespin):
>>
>> Why grashtly?
>
> I don't personally think the web makes a good framework for highly
> interactive applications as they must work within the constraints of the
> browser and IDEs are highly interactive applications by their very nature.
> Perhaps HTML5/CSS3 will change things; but, standard DOM manipulation,
> as I am accustomed to seeing it, cannot generate the kind of rendering
> that is available from native applications.  Attempts to do so end up being
> kludgy.
>
> It also cannot handle the kinds of desktop integrations that are common
> for native applications without opening up serious security trust issues.
> (Can everybody say ActiveX fiasco?)

So, in essence, you are predicting that google's chrome OS will be a
failure, right?

> Finally, there are difficulties in handling keystrokes without conflicting
> with the browser's native key bindings.  I seldom ever touch a mouse
> and I am a huge fan of vi, mutt, slrn, screen, ratpoison, etc. where
> the primary interface is totally accessable through the keyboard without
> having to tab through many options.

Well, implementing vi or other text based tools in the browser is
trivial. I mean it will function in exactly the same way as a native
vi.

Cheers,
Daniel


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