;-) By now we can plan jump to python4 and skip the (arguably useful) python3 era entirely ;-)
2015-12-01 17:55 GMT+01:00 Richard Vézina <[email protected]>: > Another think about the problem and not sure if it relevent though... > > Let says that what make web2py not support python 3 is SQLFORM or other > highlevel... We may leave them behind and write new tools which will be > compatible with python 2 and 3... And we can prevent user that if they plan > to use web2py with python 3 they should refactor their app in order to use > the new tools... As the time pass the old tools may be deprecated like CRUD > and less attention give to them... > > ?? > > Richard > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Remco Boerma <[email protected]> > 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. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 <[email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > 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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