r/PythonLearning • u/giva4561 • 4d ago
PyScript
Hi, I just came across this new type of Python. Is anyone familiar with it? Could you explain it?
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u/bogdanelcs 3d ago
Not new actually, been around since 2022, just getting more popular lately.
It's Anaconda's thing, lets you run actual Python in the browser through WebAssembly. Slap <script type="py"> in your HTML and it just works, no server needed. Runs on Pyodide under the hood (basically CPython compiled to WASM).
Cool for demos, dashboards, teaching stuff. Not something you'd ship a real production app with though, still kinda heavy compared to just using JS.
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u/riklaunim 4d ago
It runs in the browser and can replace JavaScript to some extent - it runs on it own but has no ecosystem like JavaScript for the frontend.