Just to understand what we are talking about, which are the main issues in porting web2py on python 3.x ?
Paolo On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 11:24:30 PM UTC+1, Ramos wrote: > > weppy looks like a short webp2y environment, however lacks some good > documentation like web2py and all of the code samples are very short and > errors come often. > Seems that the only one helping is the "creator" itself. > Unfortunately i dont see it as a good alternative to web2py. > > At least web2py has a lot of people helping everybody. > > > > 2015-11-13 17:49 GMT+00:00 Jim S <j...@qlf.com <javascript:>>: > >> What are the chances that weppy (www.weppy.org) becomes the Python 3 >> version of web2py? >> >> I'm working with the newly available, officially supported Python >> implementation on IBM i (formerly AS/400) and it is Python version 3.4 so >> web2py isn't an option for me. Is there any news or direction for people >> forced to use Python 3? I really don't want to give up my web2py knowledge >> and move to another framework. The other big guns (django, flask, bottle, >> pyramid) all have Python 3 versions. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -Jim >> >> >> On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:41:49 PM UTC-6, Massimo Di Pierro >> wrote: >>> >>> I do not think it is a secret. As far as I know the security pricing >>> infrastructure of Bank of America is based on proprietary object database >>> built in Python and the JP Morgan Chase has been working for some time on >>> an internal trading platform based on Python (do not know if it is in use >>> at this time). Also I have consulted with some local trading companies in >>> Chicago that use Python+pytable+numpy+hdf5. >>> >>> Here is a source >>> https://www.quora.com/Why-are-banks-like-JP-Morgan-and-Bank-of-America-Merrill-Lynch-using-Python-to-replace-historic-legacy-systems-built-in-Java-C++ >>> >>> but I have my own sources. :-) >>> >>> In fact a friend told me Bank of America uses web2py too although not >>> for business critical apps where they use proprietary code, but for >>> interfacing some of their Air Conditioning systems. I have been unable to >>> verify this information. I know other banks or large financial institutions >>> that also use web2py for some of internal non-business critical development. >>> >>> Massimo >>> >>> On Wednesday, 11 November 2015 09:34:41 UTC-6, Ramos wrote: >>>> >>>> What banks? can you share that info ? >>>> >>>> 2015-11-11 15:21 GMT+00:00 Massimo Di Pierro <massimo....@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> As of today python 3 is used almost exclusively in schools. Do you >>>>> know of any large company that uses Python 3? I do not. But I know many >>>>> large companies that use Python 2, including banks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, 9 November 2015 01:36:40 UTC-6, Remco Boerma wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Great one Alex. >>>>>> >>>>>> While searching for web2py and python3 the first result i got was >>>>>> this >>>>>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/31ai10/web2py_python3/>. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi...I m total beginner in python with elastic search also Unicode >>>>>>> ... I am looking for a wonderful framework & was keen on web2py..but >>>>>>> just >>>>>>> happened to read that its not compatible with python 3.. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pl guide me abt this issue & in selecting framework >>>>>>> >>>>>>> With regards to all, >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been asked to start a new internship-company for a project i'm >>>>>> involved in. And I so want to take those boys and girls on the web2py >>>>>> path, >>>>>> but to ask of those new-to-the-market to invest in a legacy language >>>>>> (2020 >>>>>> is only 4 years from now) is something that feels odd to me. Especially >>>>>> since i know the power and grace of web2py. >>>>>> >>>>>> I know the subject has been debated and debated but for the sake of >>>>>> these students (and these are not the high university kind, but rather >>>>>> the >>>>>> ground-work and getting-stuff-done folks) i would kindly ask to take the >>>>>> future into consideration as well as our marketing because web2py is >>>>>> simply >>>>>> droped out of the equation because of py2. I would love to teach those >>>>>> kids >>>>>> web2py and be future proof. Many schools already teach things from a >>>>>> hundred years ago, let's not do that in IT as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank your for considering. >>>>>> >>>>>> Op vrijdag 6 november 2015 23:57:33 UTC+1 schreef Alex: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> web2py for python 3 would be great. I hope it comes rather sooner >>>>>>> than later. I'd love to use python 3, no more str <-> unicode nonsense >>>>>>> (which already caused many issues and wasted time for me), type hints >>>>>>> (seems to have good support in PyCharm) and other new features. I think >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> current situation could also scare away potential new users when they >>>>>>> see >>>>>>> that web2py does not support python 3. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> pyDAL seems to be already compatible with python 3. Is it not >>>>>>> possible to make the remaining parts also compatible or are there >>>>>>> completely new concepts planned? I for one would completely remove the >>>>>>> FORM >>>>>>> code - it's nice and easy to get something up and running but difficult >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> style (no clear separation of backend/frontend) and extend. I'm using >>>>>>> knockout (I guess any data binding js lib will do fine) which is very >>>>>>> flexible and easy to understand. That should be the preferred way to do >>>>>>> forms and recommended in the book. But that's just my opinion. No more >>>>>>> FORM >>>>>>> would mean less code to port to python 3 ;) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alex >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 4:37:56 PM UTC+1, Ramos wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> @massimo >>>>>>>> When will it be available ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2015-11-04 14:38 GMT+00:00 Massimo Di Pierro <massimo....@gmail.com >>>>>>>> >: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> There will be a new framework similar to web2py for python 3. >>>>>>>>> web2py has to be backward compatible and it is pointless to port it >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> python 3. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 06:25:40 UTC-6, Jim Gregory wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I know this has come up in the past, but it hasn't been asked in >>>>>>>>>> a while. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is there ever going to be a usable and maintained >>>>>>>>>> Python3-compatible fork of web2py? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The latest edition of Fedora now ships with Python3 by default. >>>>>>>>>> It's the default version used in Django's tutorial. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm not using Python3 now, but I can see the day when I >>>>>>>>>> inevitably will. I don't want to invest the time in a framework if I >>>>>>>>>> know >>>>>>>>>> I'll have to abandon it later. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Resources: >>>>>>>>> - http://web2py.com >>>>>>>>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>>>>>>>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>>>>>>>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>> Resources: >>>>> - http://web2py.com >>>>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>>>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>>>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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