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You should check out QPython or QPython3 from the Play Store. It includes the Python binary, an editor, and a terminal emulator. It is all bundled up. So easy t
by brbsix 11y ago
You should check out QPython or QPython3 from the Play Store. It includes the Python binary, an editor, and a terminal emulator. It is all bundled up. So easy to setup a child could do it.
Unfortunately installing Python manually has not gotten much easier, though it's certainly doable. You can even use Tkinter, but that is beyond the scope of this comment.
- analog31 11y agoI'll definitely check it out. My dream is to be platform independent, i.e., to be able to write / edit / run the same program on any device. So far so good with Windows and Linux, including Raspberry Pi, but my phone feels left out.
- brbsix 11y agoThe aforementioned QPython includes Kivy libraries. Kivy is cross-platform across Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Android, and IOS. Its a Python library but seems mostly oriented towards games/graphics. That's a drawback for me, but some might be interested. As far as cross-platform across desktop and mobile, that's a difficult challenge. Java used to be the go-to if you want to be platform agnostic but that obviously won't cut it if you want to support mobile. You can check out Qt. I only use it on Linux but it apparently supports Windows, Mac OSX, Android, IOS, and Windows Phone (maybe even more).
- analog31 11y agoI'll check those things out. I only need to make any of them work once, because I'll put a wrapper around my most frequently used functions. And I only used Tkinter because it was sitting there, ready to use, before I even learned how to install packages.