ChrisA, Yes, you are correct. The scripts get compiled to javascript and then executed in the browser. Like you say, there are limitations, but most of these focus around browser security issues, and on the plus side, these scripts do not get executed on the server side, so that helps reduce risk there as well.
billy On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:07 AM, Billy Earney <billy.ear...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Students can create, edit, load, save, and execute Python scripts > directly > > in the browser. > > Importantly, these scripts are actually executed in the client - they > are NOT being sent to the server for execution. That means there are > limitations on the language, to be sure, but none of the security > risks of letting untrusted users run Python code on the server. > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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