Mozilla to Bring Python to Browsers

https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/mozilla-details-pyodide-a-project-that-aims-to-bring-python-to-web-browsers/

by miohtama • 7 years ago

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dvdhnt• 7 years ago

But why? I mean, I read the article and understand what will be done with it. But why?

Is it just to take advantage of Python tools?

mjmj• 7 years ago

Their blog post better explains their whys https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scien...

microwavecamera• 7 years ago

So we can have other options besides Javascript for full stack development? It makes more sense to have a server-side language that runs in the browser than shoehorn a niche programming language made for web browsers into a general purpose server-side language.

mixmastamyk2• 7 years ago

It makes more sense, but that train left the station long ago.

jillesvangurp• 7 years ago

Wrong question to ask. Ask why not. Failing to come up with a good answer means these things tend to happen if someone is willing to do the work.

Python is pretty popular and running it in a browser makes sense if you are used to writing python and don't particularly like dealing with javascript. For most of the past 20 years javascript has been a necessary evil if you wanted to do stuff in a browser. Wasm is changing that into an unnecessary evil.

mastrsushi• 7 years ago

Wouldn't it be faster if Python was transpiled into JavaScript? Or convert it to SpiderMonkey bytecode?

namelosw• 7 years ago

This is interesting because using plot libs in the browser is very useful.

And it's also a good advertisement for the Web Assembly.

karmakaze• 7 years ago

This could be huge. I can already see someone getting a URL and saying they can't open it in Chrome. The answer will be use Firefox--each time this happens we have more users of FF.

Mozilla to Bring Python to Browsers

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