Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Paul Watson wrote: > My desire to have the code distributed through a web page is just to > ensure that the user is running the correct version and has not hacked > it in any way. I suppose I can checksum the local client application > and compare it with what is on the server. Then, make a wa

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-21 Thread Fuzzyman
Paul Watson wrote: > John J. Lee wrote: [snip..] > I appreciate your long list of references. For this task, I think the > first answer may have to be the one with which to go. A standard > application that talks through port 80 and perhaps can use proxies. > > My desire to have the code distrib

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-21 Thread Paul Watson
Robin Becker wrote: > Paul Watson wrote: > .. > >>> -- David >> >> >> >> This looks interesting, but looks even more fragile than CrackAJAX. >> >> http://www.aminus.org/blogs/index.php/phunt/2005/10/06/subway_s_new_ajax_framework >> >> >> >> All of this comes down to Javascript which will st

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-21 Thread Robin Becker
Paul Watson wrote: .. >> -- David > > > This looks interesting, but looks even more fragile than CrackAJAX. > > http://www.aminus.org/blogs/index.php/phunt/2005/10/06/subway_s_new_ajax_framework > > > > All of this comes down to Javascript which will still not allow me to > read local,

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Paul Watson
John J. Lee wrote: > Paul Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>What are the options? >> >>The user to hits a web page, downloads code (Python I hope), execute it, >>and be able to return the results. It needs to be able to go through >>standard HTTP so that it could be run from behind a co

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Kent Johnson
Paul Watson wrote: > Kent Johnson wrote: >> Stephen Kellett wrote: >>> ActiveState do a version of Python that can run in a script tag like >>> JavaScript and VBScript. This requires Windows Scripting Host. They >>> also do a similar thing for Perl, not sure about TCL. >> >> See >> http://groups.

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Paul Watson
David Wahler wrote: > Steve wrote: > >>AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a >>browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or >>javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform > > > Don't jump to conclusions... > http://dwahler

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Paul Watson
Kent Johnson wrote: > Stephen Kellett wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >>> AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a >>> browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or >>> javascript because everyt

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread John J. Lee
Paul Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What are the options? > > The user to hits a web page, downloads code (Python I hope), execute it, > and be able to return the results. It needs to be able to go through > standard HTTP so that it could be run from behind a corporate firewall > withou

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Robin Becker
David Wahler wrote: > Steve wrote: > >>AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a >>browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or >>javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform > > > Don't jump to conclusions... > http://dwahler

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Robert Kern
Paul Watson wrote: > I have read some about AJAX. Is there an APAX coming for Python? Not until browsers have embedded Python interpreters. There's been talk about doing this in Mozilla, but I don't think the talk has turned into usable code, yet. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fiel

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-20 Thread Kent Johnson
Stephen Kellett wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a >> browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or >> javascript because everything else really isn't cross p

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-19 Thread David Wahler
Steve wrote: > AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a > browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or > javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform Don't jump to conclusions... http://dwahler.ky/python/ If you really, really

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-18 Thread Chris Mellon
On 11/18/05, Paul Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve wrote: > > AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a > > browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or > > javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform. > > Well, I guess

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-18 Thread Stephen Kellett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a >browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or >javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform. ActiveState do a version o

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-18 Thread Steve
You universally won't be able to do that with javascript, only with and extension on firefox. ActiveX will limit you to windows only with ie. Which isn't bad you still get a 80% market share. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-18 Thread Paul Watson
Steve wrote: > AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a > browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or > javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform. Well, I guess the Grail browser could run Python, but I do not think I can

Re: Web-based client code execution

2005-11-18 Thread Steve
AJAX works because browsers can execute javascript. I don't know of a browser that can execute python. Basically your stuck with java or javascript because everything else really isn't cross platform. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list