OK. That makes sense. A bit frustrating, though, that the Mozilla apps are limited to js. I guess that's why I keep developing for the web--it's still the only truly cross-platform environment with any kind of muscle in the back end.
On Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:49:36 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > As I suggested to Derek, I think I've caused some confusion by not being >> clearer in my original question. I'm not thinking about client-only >> web-apps. I'm thinking about locally installed apps that use an html5 >> front-end. This is what win8 is promoting, and that's also the thrust of >> Mozilla's app project. In that kind of environment there's no reason that a >> python framework couldn't provide the back-end and run natively, without >> translation into js. >> > > Got it. But then you need the platform-specific version of Python > installed wherever you want your app to run. You can do something like > web2py and package your own Python interpreter, but this still requires > platform-specific versions (web2py has separate versions for Windows and > Mac), and I'm not sure there are yet solutions for mobile platforms. Note, > the Mozilla Apps project does not enable you to run any language you want > -- it is limited to browser technologies (HTML, CSS, and Javascript). > Mozilla Apps are run via a platform-specific WebRT runtime, which is just a > Firefox extension on Windows and Mac and uses PhoneGap on Android. > > Anthony >
