On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 1:42:35 PM UTC-7, Sayth Renshaw wrote: > > Of course though as Massimo cited all education institutions are teaching > Python 3 and have for a time meaning all the new developers are starting > there. If they write new code bases it will be 3, every dev deals with > legacy code but is that really the strongest position to take? >
There is a web3py in the works, although it will be experimental for the near future.. IIRC, pydal is already P3 compatible. SQLFORM goes away in web3py, AIUI, and FORM will be better supported. Switching from Bootstrap to other view-ish frameworks should be easier. /dps > On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 09:38:14 UTC+11, Remco Boerma wrote: >> >> I've done my homework and agree Massimo. There is hardly a thing that >> requires python3 that doesn't work with python2. The only one i know is >> https://micropython.org/ but it's not a big company, nor a "big" >> product. >> >> >> Op woensdag 11 november 2015 16:21:18 UTC+1 schreef Massimo Di Pierro: >>> >>> 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. 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