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Works over SSH, low requirements, and cross platform are some good reasons. Ultimately though, I would like Textual to simply be the easiest way of creating a

by willm 4y ago

Works over SSH, low requirements, and cross platform are some good reasons. Ultimately though, I would like Textual to simply be the easiest way of creating a useful UI. Something that you could quickly become productive in with just Python skills. There are a lot of new Python developers that didn't come from a web background, but still need a custom UI. I don't see it as replacing web apps. If you have the skills and you think you need a web app, then you probably should make a web app. I see it more as allowing UIs to be built that simply weren't being built before due to a lack of skills or resources. This may become moot, because we have plans for the same API to also serve web applications.

montereynack 4y ago
Hey, I’m a big fan of what you’ve been doing since I stumbled upon it in 2021. Do you have an estimated timeline on when you guys will have that web-app API available, even as a beta? Incorporating a web app with the same ease textualize can be implemented with (or even getting a web app with cross-compatible TUI as a fallback) would be super attractive for the product I’m currently working on.
- willm 4y ago
  I’d say first quarter of next year. Hopefully with a beta sooner than that.
danpalmer 4y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful reply! SSH is a great option that I hadn't thought of, and that's good to know it works well over it. I have always seen web UIs being inherently easy to share as a benefit over others, but for dev-focused stuff and SSH connection isn't much harder than web access. I wasn't thinking about full web apps, more things like status pages and other little utilities exposed on an internal server interface. I've built these for software before, and things like Fish Shell have them too. I'm not sure they require much in the way of web skills, but pure-Python would certainly be easier.

by willm 4y ago

montereynack 4y ago

Hey, I’m a big fan of what you’ve been doing since I stumbled upon it in 2021. Do you have an estimated timeline on when you guys will have that web-app API available, even as a beta? Incorporating a web app with the same ease textualize can be implemented with (or even getting a web app with cross-compatible TUI as a fallback) would be super attractive for the product I’m currently working on.

willm 4y ago
I’d say first quarter of next year. Hopefully with a beta sooner than that.

danpalmer 4y ago

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! SSH is a great option that I hadn't thought of, and that's good to know it works well over it. I have always seen web UIs being inherently easy to share as a benefit over others, but for dev-focused stuff and SSH connection isn't much harder than web access. I wasn't thinking about full web apps, more things like status pages and other little utilities exposed on an internal server interface. I've built these for software before, and things like Fish Shell have them too. I'm not sure they require much in the way of web skills, but pure-Python would certainly be easier.