Hi,
Pyjd has always looked to me more as a "debugging helper" (to avoid
recompiling and loading JS, to have the robust tracebacks of native
python) than a production target.
With html5, cloud applications etc., the future seems to be the web, so
imo the best market would be web dev that dislike javascript and want to
easily code dynamic web apps (especially for backend admin tools, maybe,
where forms are far too limited).
I'm pretty the biggest challenge of pyjs is integration with third party
libraries and frameworks. Eg. pyjs widgets should be able to call
jquery's excellent one-liners (like Sortable()) without hassle, or use
misc. charting libs without having to recode your own.
It would require proper value conversion on input and output, and some
warnings to pyjs users (using event handlers of several libs on the same
DOM elements is probably not a good idea), but it would more than
certainly help many people "cross the chasm".
++
PKL
Le 13/05/2012 08:49, pca a écrit :
Hi,
I read a great book about the promotion of disruptive technologies :
"Crossing the chasm". It's been recommended to me by a friend working
at Cisco : they use it extensively in their new product strategy.
One of its main recommendation is to start by focusing on a niche
market, and be absolutely the best at serving it. It stresses that it
is a very hard choice, but a necessary one. I would suggest that pyjs
is at a good point in time to make that hard choice. So, what is the
core value proposition of pyjs ? Where is it absolutely the best
solution ? Here are some possible answers, with concerns I have. I
don't have a definite answer for this.
* "improve your productivity by programming rich web client in python,
not in javascript"
but then, do I still have access to other javascript libraries,
such as Dojo
but do I really gain productivity when I have to compile my code,
and when debugging the application is much more difficult ?
* "create rich desktop application easily"
but how about security issues at deployment on the desktop (local
firewall, port conflicts)
* "program once, for both web and desktop applications"
but then, who needs that ?
PC
