On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in> wrote: > Sriram Karra <karra....@gmail.com> writes: > > > [...] > >> Isn't that the case with any cross-platform toolkit - if the intent is >> to be cross platform? > > Yes but going inside the browser is more of a sacrifice than other > approaches. I mean, just launching the app will start a web server and > then a browser and take you inside there to do a task that should be > done locally. You don't get any of the native widgets (which you would > if you something like wx) and none of the behaviour you've configured > for local GUI apps. > > I guess YMMV but if a local app launches a web server and a browser to > get things done, it's a deal breaker for me. > > [...] > >> Can you give some specific examples of what is possible in a Python >> app using a cross platform GUI toolkit and NOT possible with a webapp >> architecture when the web server and the browser are running on the >> same machine?
Event loops and asynchronous updates on the UI are much easier to handle within a desktop app than writing JS+AJAX imo. Also Rich UIs where you have lots of panels and components and based on data entered in one you want to enable / disable or modify other panels is much easier handled in desktop UIs since they have a easier event propagation and listener models. The same can be done in Javascript, but can get a lot more painful. On both the points, YMMV > Hmmm. That's a good point. You're planning to use the HTML+CSS+JS purely > for presentation (instead of a gui toolkit). I suppose most things can > be done although perhaps using a combination of HTML/CSS/JS for UI and > then sending messages to the backend and doing the work there. This > sounds convoluted to me and I think it's overkill for a web app. > > As for things not possible with a web app that work fine with a GUI, I > can think of games and other resource demanding applications but those > are not particularly cross platform anyway so you're right. > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
