[Tutor] python on ipad

[William Ray Wing]

On Mar 10, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Sven <svenito at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10 March 2013 21:42, Benjamin Fishbein <bfishbein79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. I wrote some python programs for my small business that I run on my computer...macbook air. I'm planning to backpack around Mexico and perhaps south america. I'll still be working though. Basically my computer does all the work, I just need to have internet connections and run the programs, and periodically click here and there.
> I don't want to take my macbook with me because I'd have anxiety that it'd get stolen and I wouldn't have any fun.
> So I'm debating if I should get a cheap computer for a couple hundred bucks and run the python scripts on it. I think this is possible because I hear the code is the same whether it's mac or PC or whatever.
> Or I might take my ipad with me. Or just run it on my iphone.
> Do you know if it's possible to run python scripts on a ipad/iphone, and if so how to do it?
> 
> 
> Do these scripts have GUIs or are they just CLI scripts?
> 
> If they are CLI scripts then you can certainly run them on a jailbroken device
> http://www.rioleo.org/python-on-the-ipad.php
> 
> or if you don't want to jailbreak http://omz-software.com/pythonista/
> 
> although I have no idea how featured that is.
> 

I have Pythonista on my iPad, and it seems to be a pretty complete implementation of Python and the standard libraries.  It doesn't have Tkinter or ttk, but does have a "scene" library that supports GUI interfaces and games.  It has a fairly active discussion forum and if you Google Pythonista you will get hits to several reviews - all positive.  At $6.95, it would be worth checking out.

Bill
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