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Still have been busy like crazy, but \nas I wrote back in April,\nsome of what I'm doing has been pulling me further into Flash MX and XML.\nAlso, in the few moments of free time I've had lately, I've been toying\nwith my own news aggregator. It's a\nPersonalServer, written in Python, based on Twisted, and uses\nSQLite via PySQLite\nfor storage and juggling of items.

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So, today I've been thinking: How hard would it be to bundle together a desktop app\ncomposed of a backend in Python and a GUI in Flash? Connecting the two is no problem\ngiven whatever method of XML communication you want to pass between them. Pairing\nthe two together to be launched on the guest OS would seem to be a bit of an\noddity.

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See, I like my news aggregator GUI in the browser. It seems native there. But\non the other hand, as far as interfaces go, what I want to make the browser\ndo tends to sound ugly. I mean, yeah, there're all sorts of DHTML and CSS tricks\nand XUL looks promising, but damn have I been noticing how slick Flash is\nlately. And fiddling around with ?ActionScript has been pretty fun lately.
?JavaScript has gotten a pretty bad reputation via crashy implementations, but\nas dynamic scripting languages go, there are some nifty elegances I can pull\noff in it.

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So...\n I've been reading a bit about \nMacromedia's Central as far as \ndesktop Flash goes, and I've seen the \nNews Aggregator sample app,\nbut \nhow about a maniacal mutant hybrid of Python and Flash?

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shortname=flash_agg

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\n\n\n", "body": "Still have been busy like crazy, but \r\nas I wrote back in April,\r\nsome of what I'm doing has been pulling me further into Flash MX and XML.\r\nAlso, in the few moments of free time I've had lately, I've been toying\r\nwith my own news aggregator. It's a\r\nPersonalServer, written in Python, based on Twisted, and uses\r\nSQLite via PySQLite\r\nfor storage and juggling of items.\r\n

\r\nSo, today I've been thinking: How hard would it be to bundle together a desktop app\r\ncomposed of a backend in Python and a GUI in Flash? Connecting the two is no problem\r\ngiven whatever method of XML communication you want to pass between them. Pairing\r\nthe two together to be launched on the guest OS would seem to be a bit of an\r\noddity.\r\n

\r\nSee, I like my news aggregator GUI in the browser. It seems native there. But\r\non the other hand, as far as interfaces go, what I want to make the browser\r\ndo tends to sound ugly. I mean, yeah, there're all sorts of DHTML and CSS tricks\r\nand XUL looks promising, but damn have I been noticing how slick Flash is\r\nlately. And fiddling around with ?ActionScript has been pretty fun lately. \r\n?JavaScript has gotten a pretty bad reputation via crashy implementations, but\r\nas dynamic scripting languages go, there are some nifty elegances I can pull\r\noff in it.\r\n

\r\nSo...\r\n I've been reading a bit about \r\nMacromedia's Central as far as \r\ndesktop Flash goes, and I've seen the \r\nNews Aggregator sample app,\r\nbut \r\nhow about a maniacal mutant hybrid of Python and Flash?\r\n\r\nshortname=flash_agg\r\n\r\n
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\r\n ", "parentPath": "./content/posts/archives/2003", "path": "2003/06/19/flash-agg", "summary": "Still have been busy like crazy, but \nas I wrote back in April,\nsome of what I'm doing has been pulling me further into Flash MX and XML.\nAlso, in the few moments of free time I've had lately, I've been toying\nwith my own news aggregator. It's a\nPersonalServer, written in Python, based on Twisted, and uses\nSQLite via PySQLite\nfor storage and juggling of items.\nSo, today I've been thinking: How hard would it be to bundle together a desktop app\ncomposed of a backend in Python and a GUI in Flash? Connecting the two is no problem\ngiven whatever method of XML communication you want to pass between them. Pairing\nthe two together to be launched on the guest OS would seem to be a bit of an\noddity.\nSee, I like my news aggregator GUI in the browser. It seems native there. But\non the other hand, as far as interfaces go, what I want to make the browser\ndo tends to sound ugly. I mean, yeah, there're all sorts of DHTML and CSS tricks\nand XUL looks promising, but damn have I been noticing how slick Flash is\nlately. And fiddling around with ?ActionScript has been pretty fun lately.?JavaScript has gotten a pretty bad reputation via crashy implementations, but\nas dynamic scripting languages go, there are some nifty elegances I can pull\noff in it.\nSo...\n I've been reading a bit about \nMacromedia's Central as far as \ndesktop Flash goes, and I've seen the \nNews Aggregator sample app,\nbut \nhow about a maniacal mutant hybrid of Python and Flash?", "needsBuild": true, "prevPostPath": "2003/06/13/newly-digital", "prevPostTitle": "Newly Digital in 1983", "nextPostPath": "2003/06/20/algorithm-for-reality", "nextPostTitle": "About That Algorithm" }