Re: PySchool.net, kickstarter campaign
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
Re: PySchool.net, kickstarter campaign
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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: PySchool.net, kickstarter campaign
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Billy Earney billy.ear...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Right. Every form of let the users type Python code in a web site and see what it does will have limitations; most of them also have security risks, but Brython specifically doesn't. I tossed a few dollars into your KS campaign, BTW, but you're going to need a *lot* more people than me :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: PySchool.net, kickstarter campaign
Thanks.. I appreciate your contribution! On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Billy Earney billy.ear...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Right. Every form of let the users type Python code in a web site and see what it does will have limitations; most of them also have security risks, but Brython specifically doesn't. I tossed a few dollars into your KS campaign, BTW, but you're going to need a *lot* more people than me :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
