On 2008-09-04 07:49, Kay Schluehr wrote: > 3) Following the public rumor mill and the latest hype RIA i.e. the > merge of web- and desktop applications with systems like Adobe AIR, > JavaFX, Google Gears and MS Silverlight is the future of frontend > development. With the exception of IronPython and Silverlight, Python > hasn't even entered this game and no one knows if it ever will.
Actually, it has already and quite some time ago: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208528 The recipe is simple: use Python for the business logic, database interfacing, etc and have it talk to a Flex front-end via XML-RPC or REST. As a nice side-effect, this also results in a better separation between GUI and backend, effectively making the solution future-proof and easy to adapt to other front-end technologies. We've been working with this approach for almost a year now and so far never had to look back. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 04 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
