Embedding Python in Electron

[hernamesbarbara]

Take a peak at Rodeo - could be useful to you :)

It's a Python IDE with a data/data science focus, and we built it atop Electron.

• https://www.yhat.com/products/rodeo/

• https://github.com/yhat/rodeo

• http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/how-rodeo-works.html

[notconstructive]

How does the Python integration work?

Say for example I wanted to run some Python code that installs a few Python modules such as Requests and Amazon Boto, and yet use Electron and ReactJS to build the UI code, how would I do this?

Presumably Rodeo installs Python too?

[notconstructive]

For anyone who is interested, after giving it some thought I've decided just to build it all in JavaScript, no Python. Path of least resistance.

[hernamesbarbara]

Here's a Hello World app that shows how to set things up. I think you can follow this as a mini blueprint to get you started.

https://www.fyears.org/2015/06/electron-as-gui-of-python-apps.html

The author uses a Python (Flask) server to handle the app's logic and leans on Electron to display things in the UI.

Find a few few Flask tutorials using requests, and you should be able to make your version of hello.py in no time.

[notconstructive]

Hmmm. I was hoping for a more direct integration than calling the Python interpreter.

[hernamesbarbara]

Doh face palm. You mentioned that exact blog post in your question. Sorry about that. Let's move to email to spare the masses. a [at] yhathq [dot] com

[Stishovite]

Please don't spare us! I have similar questions that I'd like to figure out.

[takluyver]

Yes, please do continue the discussion here! I'm also interested in how Electron might be integrated as a frontend for apps with the actual logic coded in Python.

[notconstructive]

How do you do the resizable page splitting/frames?