On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Rob Gaddi < rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> wrote:
> > It seems Python is used more for web based applications. Is it equally > fine for creating stand-alone *.exe's? Can the same code be compiled to run > on Linux or Android or web-based? > > Standalone EXEs are hit and miss. I've had best luck deploying just as > Python scripts to machines with an expectation that the environment is > already configured (i.e. Python already installed). > > You don't compile, you interpret. So long as you've got the > interpreter on the target platform you're set. The EXE tools out there > do so by bundling your plain-text source up with the interpreter > environment. > > Packaging/distribution remains one of the real pain points in Python. > Python is used for much more then web based applications. The latest versions of pyInstaller (http://www.pyinstaller.org) are incredibly good at generating single-file binaries for both Windows and Linux. We’re using pyInstaller to distribute applications based on some fairly complex frameworks—including wxPython (http://www.wxpython.org) which is one option for building GUI applications. —Ray -- Raymond Cote, President voice: +1.603.924.6079 email: rgac...@appropriatesolutions.com skype: ray.cote -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
