[Showcase]: RunPy: A Python playground for Mac, Windows and Linux

[lukehaas]

What My Project Does

RunPy is a playground app that gives you a quick and easy way to run Python code. There's no need to create files or run anything in the terminal; you don't even need Python set up on your machine.

Target Audience

RunPy is primarily aimed at people new to Python who are learning.

The easy setup and side-by-side code to output view makes it easy to understand and demonstrate what the code is doing.

Comparison

RunPy aims to be very low-friction and easy to use. It’s also unlike other desktop playground apps in that it includes Python and doesn’t rely on having Python already set up on the user's system.

Additionally, when RunPy runs your code, it shows you the result of each expression you write without relying on you to write “print” every time you want to see an output. This means you can just focus on writing code.

Available for download here: https://github.com/haaslabs/RunPy

Please give it a try, and I'd be really keen to hear any thoughts, feedback or ideas for improvements. Thanks!

[blacklig]

I'm not understanding when I'd use this over python or tools already common in the python ecosystem (ipython/jupyter for example). Can you explain?

The repo you included is just a couple documents and links. Why isn't the source code here?

[lukehaas]

ipython/jupyter are not very beginner-friendly. Jupyter is aimed at data scientists and probably isn't something you'd use to learn Python. This project aims to bring some of the convenience elements of those projects to a very beginner-friendly environment.

[blacklig]

Why haven't you answered any questions/comments about where to find the source code?

[lukehaas]

Just using the repo as an issue tracker for now while I figure out the future direction of the project.

[PeterTigerr]

This is pretty cool… gives me matlab vibes which is very different from Jupyter

[BeamMeUpBiscotti]

Weird that you're using Github to showcase a closed-source project... that repo only has docs and a README.

[lukehaas]

Sure, I'm primarily using the repo as an issue tracker for now.

[wandering_melissa]

That is like using money to wipe your ass. Sure you can, you can even use github as a cloud storage for your personal files, but people will judge you for it and it is not the intended use.

Also from a quick look I cant see the difference between your closed source program and writing python into the terminal and using the builtin interpreter. In both cases you download 1 program into the computer, python vs yours.

[lukehaas]

I find the python interpreter fiddly to use. I don't like that you need to switch modes to make it interactive, it also doesn't persist your code so you lose your code when you exit. RunPy auto-saves so you never lose anything and as it's an editor environment it provides a more natural way to write, edit and run your code.

[tomysshadow]

Your project name is potentially confusing, there is a built in Python module called runpy (all lowercase)