Microsoft Reactor

We all know to do web things in a browser you need JavaScript, right? That’s the only programming language you can mix in with HTML and have it work? Right? Right?

Wrong! How about Python inline in your HTML? Yes, this is now a thing thanks to PyScript, recently announced at PyCon US. PyScript uses a version of Python running under Web Assembly to allow you to use in-line Python, accessing all the normal Python packages you know and love.

In this episode, Jim learns all about PyScript, putting the early alpha versions through their paces to build out a simple web app. He’ll be seeing if he can do web development without JavaScript.

Useful Event Resources:
https://aka.ms/buildappswithPython

Speaker:
Jim Bennett, Regional Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Jim is a Regional Cloud Advocate focusing on building out and skilling communities in the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond, Washington. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and is happy he moved to Redmond in time to be locked down at home and not see the office he came to work in, or the places he wanted to visit. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and scientific space. He's spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organized meetup groups and communities, and written a book on mobile development.