FLASH DEVELOPERS AND PYTHON

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 2004 @ 09:58 AM

I don't have any statistics to support my statement, but after having a number of interviews and meetings with prospective clients, I've come to the conclusion that there's some sort of relationship between Flash and Python.

For some reason, a couple of people that interviewed me during the past few weeks assumed that I might be interested in doing some Python programming on the side, _because_ I'm a Flash developer. This relationship between Python and Flash might not be obvious to me because of my lack of formal programming background, and that I don't find fun on learning new programming languages, if I don't have to. For example, I can say that I'm good with PHP and that it has been fun learning, but I wouldn't have tried to get to know PHP if I didn't need it at work.

So, what does Python offer, particularly to Flash developers? Is there any particular reason it is so popular within our kind?

For those interested in learning more about Python:
- What is Python?
- General Python FAQ

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TED PATRICK

JUNE 10 2004 @ 10:21 AM

Both are interpreted, bytecode compiled, loosely typed, portable, and highly productive. ;)

http://www.powersdk.com/ted/2004_04_01_archive.php#108221661592844387

Cheers, Ted ;)

FLASHAPE

JUNE 10 2004 @ 11:15 AM

Yeah, it seems to be a trend going on in the flash community. I'm still not sure what how or why it ties together with flash so well. I first heard about it because SE|PY was written in python.

KLAUT

JUNE 10 2004 @ 12:12 PM

and both are fun to work with ;)

OSCAR TRELLES

JUNE 10 2004 @ 01:35 PM

Well, I figured that much :) it seems like there is some familiarity between working with ActionScript and Python.

However, what would be a practical application of Python in our industry?

From what I've read over at Python's homepage (O haven't read it all, so I might be missing something...) it comes with lots of multipurpose libraries, but I wouldn't know what to do with it. In other words, where in our work we can use Python instead of something else?

Any info you can share?

JAN

JUNE 10 2004 @ 06:00 PM

Python is an excellent language, and there isn't really a world class GUI library available for it. That could be an opportunity for Macromedia - make the Flash Player run Python!

CLAUS WAHLERS

JUNE 10 2004 @ 08:27 PM

i'm very impressed of the massive amount of libraries that are available. they have libs for everything. what i don't like too much is the syntax, with more than 10 years of c++ and 4 years of php/actionscript experience (all similar syntax). but i guess i'll get used to that :)

OSCAR TRELLES

JUNE 11 2004 @ 01:32 PM

Yes, it's really impressive how almost everything is covered in the extensive collection of libraries available to Python. I guess I'll have to dive into it to get a sense of what would I use Python for.

By the way, Jonas Galvez has published his own thoughts on the subject over at his blog:

http://jonasgalvez.com/blog/2004-06/python-and-actionscript

POZYCJONOWANIE

FEBRUARY 23 2007 @ 10:28 AM

thanks for link Oscar