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KivyMD has a good selection of Material Design compliant widgets for Kivy. It does for Kivy what MUI does for React.

Kivy gives you a pretty good separation of logic and UI with its declarative yaml-like kv files. For me, it conceptually feels a lot like developing in React.

I've made React applications using Python via Transcrypt, but wrap component functions in a Python decorator that make direct calls to React.createElement() instead of using JSX (example: https://github.com/JennaSys/tictacreact2). It's possible to use JSX with this approach as well, but IMO it starts to get messy and defeats the purpose of using JSX in the first place.

This is the only live one I manage to tune into on a regular basis.

That's been my experience too. I wish the MicroPython plugin for PyCharm was as good as what Thonny offers.

I've had the best experience with Thonny working with MicroPython. I'm amazed at how seamless updating files and even flashing MicroPython on devices like the ESP8266 and Pico is. I do miss the Python coding experience of PyCharm when using it though.

Is this related to the IDOM project? It seems similar in concept. https://idom-docs.herokuapp.com/docs/index.html

I used GWT a long time ago and it was great for being able to write a complex algorithm that had to run on the server as well as in the browser. It saved a lot of time and trouble, and you always knew that the version running on the server was the same as the one running in the browser.

If you are already adept at coding in JavaScript and you actually enjoy using JS, then you would not be the audience for these Python (or other language) web dev projects. However, if you are not a seasoned JS developer or you just don't like coding in JS as a personal preference, then I think these are worth taking a look at. I hear the phrase "just learn JavaScript" quite a bit in regards to these, but I believe learning an API is easier than learning and being proficient in an entire programming language. These tools all have their own approach as well and some are more suited to certain tasks/audiences than others.

The ugliness is something I struggled with a bit when I was first using Transcrypt to create React applications with Python. Even though that approach is more of a 1-to-1 Python-to-JS mapping instead of a Python wrapper, I felt all the calls to createElement affected readability. But once I started using a Python decorator to wrap the components in createElement, the code got a lot cleaner. Here's a basic example based on the official React tutorial: https://github.com/JennaSys/tictacreact2/blob/main/tictacrea...

Same thing happened to me. I got to a point where I had to conclude that the issues with the CEO was not something I could fix and I had to walk away knowing that I'd likely lose everything I had invested in the company. And I eventually did. And like you, the trust issues linger on. Your edit is spot on - narcissism alone in a CEO is common and manageable, but if they have NPD, get out NOW.

I agree. I've been using Transcrypt to create React applications using Python. It allows you to take advantage of existing JS libraries and bundlers but still code in Python. I have to say, it has been really nice not having to switch languages between front-end and back-end on a fullstack application.

I did a writeup with a basic how-to a while back: https://dev.to/jennasys/creating-react-applications-with-pyt...

It sounded like the purchase of the 5 Pi400s ended up being covered by the library system, but the guy teaching still provided his time and curriculum. I'd imagine getting budget approval for $500 in hardware is a lot easier than getting it for labor. It's good that the library had people there willing to work the system to help make this happen.

For a lucky few, there are a some Micro Center brick & mortar stores around that have a surprisingly up-to-date and diverse selection of electronic components and tools stocked. They are doing what Frys should have done when the market shifted.

I know CP has it's own internal way of handling interrupts for specific libraries, but I find it odd to think about embedded programming without having direct interrupt support.

This just reminded me of the Horrorstör book I've had on my reading list for a while now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594745269

I started buying from Sweetwater decades ago. Their customer focus is beyond any other retailer I've bought from. My in person GC experience OTOH was always the opposite of that.

People with NPD almost never undergo any therapy for it. They literally don't see anything wrong with themselves. Quite the opposite actually, they are forever the victim of everyone else. OTOH the number of victims of narcissistic abuse seeking therapy is endless.

There are CEOs that are narcissistic, and there are CEOs that have NPD. The first will be awful to work with, and the latter will destroy your life if you hang around long enough. This is from first hand experience.

I placed myself in-between a NPD CEO and the rest of the company I was at in an effort to fix the company culture which was toxic when I started. It took a year but it worked. I put in a lot of effort to make it a nice place to work at. I left after 2 years, and within 6 months the entire management staff had quit or was fired after I left.

People with NPD don't know they are monsters. They take credit and place blame without exception. They view everyone as beneath them and treat everyone as disposable. This guy said out loud that he doesn't like win-win deals - it must be win-lose. Taking something away from another person made him feel better about himself.

I'm not sure I'll ever heal from that experience.

I agree with the premise here in general. There have certainly been times when I've wanted to accomplish something, but then I see someone else being exceptional at that task and I stop wanting to do it because I know I'll never be that good at it.

When you see someone doing something you do or want to do, and they are exceptional at it, it either becomes inspirational or discouraging based on just how extraordinary it is and how emotionally attached you are to the subject. If you are emotionally committed to it, seeing someone else doing it well will likely be inspirational. If not, you're more likely to give up before you even start.

Maintenance burns getting out of control has happened several times in the past. That's the reason they changed what they called them from "controlled burns" to "prescribed burns". They got tired of the "That fire wasn't very controlled hahaha" jokes.

You can already script OpenSCAD with Python using SolidPython https://github.com/SolidCode/SolidPython.

Some Python IDEs like Thonny and PyCharm can seamlessly do file transfers for you over serial. Thonny has actually been a great tool for that on ESP boards.

This was one of the reasons CircuitPython was forked from MicroPython. Adafruit wanted consistency across all the platforms they sold and one of the features they insisted on was the USB drive support to make it easier for the educational market they cater to.

You have to find the version of MicroPython that has specifically been ported to your board. In addition to the PyBoard (STM32), there is ESP8266, ESP32, BBC Micro Bit (ARM Cortex-M0), and WiPy (CC3200)

Adafruit's fork was for business reasons as they wanted control over implementation for the hardware they sell, and to focus development efforts on making it more accessible to newcomers. While I'm not thrilled with the fork since it dilutes the original project imo, they do still contribute back to the micropython project. But I don't think there's any lost love there, they just had different goals with a financial stake (unlike the uasyncio split which was ego driven)

On the boards it has been ported to, I2C and SPI are directly supported (https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/machine.SPI.h...). No C coding necessary. It's not a replacement for C on every embedded application, but for prototyping and one-off applications it's hard to beat the productivity gains. It will run on an ESP8266-01 module for as low as $2 ea.

In addition to the "hustle" motivation, he also evangelizes not treating your employees or team like crap, and espouses the "be a leader not a boss" mantra. Nothing I've seen from him advocates using other people for your own success without making sure you are also considering their success as well. He actually speaks against exploitation like that.

As a 20 year freelancer myself, a side project is a good way to go. But if that takes off and starts requiring more structure, more resources, and eventually overtakes the day job, it essentially becomes a startup.

If the article didn't do much for you, consider the value to be in the comment section. It's a good topic for YC, and I see a lot of insight here, anecdotal and otherwise.

While the states may be responsible for what happens on the ground, it is certainly the role of the federal government to provide coordination in the case of a nationwide public health issue. Clearly, that was not done in this case. The CDC, NIH, FEMA, and the surgeon general should have all been playing a role in this pandemic. The states shouldn't have had to ultimately go about creating their own regional coalitions of their own accord out of desperation.

Saying that Python 2 & 3 use a completely different syntax is a pretty gross overstatement.