Eric S. Johansson wrote: > this morning I was looking at Python and XUL. I was impressed by the very > interesting projects that were happening around 2005 but it seems like they > have > all died. Integrating Python at the Mozilla was also very intriguing as it > held > the promise of eliminating JavaScript for extension development (yaaa). But > that seems to have died as well. In fact, it looks like that almost all of > the > alternative languages for browsers have died for lack of interest or > something. > I was really looking forward to pyax
Not quite true. Mark Hammond has been working on integrating Python into Mozilla to work as a JavaScript near equivalent for use with XUL. This is currently integrated into the mozilla trunk and expected to be ready/included for Firefox 3. I have seen this in action, so it is not just hype. Check PyDom info for a brief overview: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/PyDOM There are also a few projects that make use of PyXPCOM in the current mozilla/firefox/xulrunner builds, such as Democracy and Komodo. Cheers, Todd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
