Being in the middle of a struggle with Javascript tooling (Javascript, ES5 v/s ES6, typescript, webpack v/s System.js, shims, pollyfils, npm downloading the internet, etc, etc) I can't but imagine that there should be a better way.
How much I would like Webassembly to be ready to open the gates to other languages on the frontend land. Anyone here has more information about webassembly / python on the browser? I would love to know what is the current state of the art of running python on the browser and contribute to make the dream come true.
I have on my radar Brython [0], py.js [1](seems to be abandoned) and pypy.js [2]
[0] http://www.brython.info/ [1] http://pyjs.org/ [2] http://pypyjs.org/
Re:Static types in Python
by DanRosenwasser on Friday October 14, 2016 @03:46AM
(#12706645)
Why exactly is TypeScript inconvenient on the server-side?
You listed 4 specific languages, but the following things are each inconvenient in them:
Obviously you can do everything in any language (Turing, blabla), but the question is, how much effort (time) does it cost.Python rocks in all of them (edit: the big exception being frontend webdev), in particular for quick prototyping. I think mypy is an exceptional and fine contribution to the eco-system and I really appreciate their effort.