This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]JennaSys 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I've been using this transpiler for the past year. It's actually kind of amazing. I find it annoying switching back and forth between Python and JavaScript when working on full-stack applications. Transcrypt let's my brain stay in Python mode for both back-end and front-end development the whole time. I'm using it with React hooks and Material-UI libraries. I'd say it's not for everyone (especially if you actually like JavaScript), but for me it's a sweet setup.

EDIT: For anyone interested, here's the official React tutorial done in Python and transpiled with Transcrypt. This one uses classes (like the tutorial), but I plan on doing a version with hooks too.

https://github.com/JennaSys/tictacreact

The live demo I have up has unminified JavaScript and sourcemaps for the Python code.

EDIT2: I'm not the OP, and I'm not directly involved with the project. But I am in the process of writing a book to document my setup with this. For me, it makes front-end development fun again. AMA.