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chrisjrn

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    Comment #6708580

    My guess is that it's still Java-like under the hood -- at the very least, calling out to API endpoints will be... Probably doesn't change much at all. (Though I'd love to be wrong…

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    Comment #6706198

    Not really -- most mobile code is simply glue for UI event handlers and the like. And Python's really good at writing glue code. Just like when you're coding in Java, code that nee…

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    Comment #6706187

    Yup. If we had Jython, this talk wouldn't have needed to have been written. And I'd probably be working to improve Jython as we speak.

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    Comment #6706173

    You're running the Python interpreter as a native executable, so it's roughly comparable to Dalvik. If you want performance, write it in C, optimise it. That's what the NDK is for.…

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    Comment #6706169

    The talk was at mostly web developers. The second and third parts of the talk were about why the web doesn't cut it as a platform. Part 1 was there to lay the groundwork. Basic? Ma…

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    Comment #6706163

    Glad you enjoyed it – I find I present better if I have notes. Glad they have extra utility for you!

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    Comment #6705295

    It's a possibility – Qt's there, and in fact Kivy is a pretty good solution. The problem I raise in the talk is that such libraries will always lag behind the state of the art for …

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    Comment #6705142

    That's pretty much exactly what python-on-android does; the problem is that you don't get access to any of the Java/Dalvik-based libraries, which includes all of the UI programming…

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    Comment #6705069

    Ohai! I wrote the talk, and just want to let you know that you can watch it over at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77BR6e1uoo --Chris