"""I think there is a general reticence to move into this area, given Django's roots in web publishing, where HTML is the lowest common denominator. """
That is the point, when HTML is the lowest common denominator, a web application is limited. HTML is evolving at a snail's pace, whereas Flash has steadily evolved into something far more sophisticated than HTML. HTML has it's place, of course. """Unlike HTML, SWF is essentially executable bytecode for the Flash virtual machine. As such, translating Python into Flash essentially requires a compiler. It would be like implementing Python on top of the Java virtual machine (a la Jython). In other words, that's not a simple add-on to an existing project; it's a significant project all by itself.""" But Flash now has a free command line compiler, so it is easy to manufacture SWF's from scratch in a Python program. A Python server with a library of precompiled SWFs to load into each other ought to be potent. It certainly would set it apart from the other web frameworks. I've experimented with the idea in TurboGears and Django. It seems like an obvious extension to relying solely on HTML as the Web Display Technology. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
