python on iPad (PyPad)

Drew r.drew.davis at gmail.com
Thu May 5 04:15:05 EDT 2011


On Apr 10, 1:48 am, Matt Schinckel <m... at schinckel.net> wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2:13 pm, Jon Dowdall <jon_dot_dowdall_at at _gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > Sorry for the blatant advertising but hope some of you may be interested
> > to know that I've created an iPad application containing the python
> > interpreter and a simple execution environment. It's available in iTunes
> > athttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pypad/id428928902?mt=8#
>
> > I wanted to have python available 'on the go' without carrying a laptop.
> > The current implementation is based on my need to test simple python
> > functions in an isolated environment. I hope to add more iOS specific
> > capabilities if there is enough interest.
>
> > Enjoy...
>
> > Jon Dowdall
>
> I know this sound shallow, but you really need a nicer icon.
>
> Otherwise, I'm quite excited about this. It will certainly be better
> than my current workflow of connecting via ssh to a server just to run
> python code.
>
> Matt.

There's a Pypad on SourceForge, but it is flagged as no longer under
active development.  Dead or just sleeping?   Is this Pypad distinct
from that old one on SourceForge?  Or a revival?  OpenSource?

Drew



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