Python web client programming library

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I am working on a client-server simulation software. And I want the client to be implemented on the web, and also require that the client can do computations like matrix multiplication, random number generation etc., which framework can I use? And also I hope that the client side and server side communicate using simple socket, because the server code is implemented with c++. Any suggestions are really appreciated!!

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Simon

What do you mean by 'the client to be implemented on the web'? — jfs
– jfs, Commented Mar 27, 2011 at 6:41

Glorfindel · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-03 19:02:11Z

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I'm assuming "on the web" means "HTTP", i.e. via an AJAX-like interface.

The relevant Python built-in libraries are httplib (HTTP client) and random (random numbers; may be better in NumPy). For matrix multiplication, you'll want the third-party library NumPy. You may want to look into SciPy as well.

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Shumin Guo Over a year ago

On the web means the client is build with a web GUI. My question is how to confine mathematical computations on the client side rather than done by the web-server?

Mike DeSimone Over a year ago

So the client is a browser? Are you wanting the math to be done on-browser with JavaScript? Where does Python come into this?

Shumin Guo Over a year ago

Yes, I am curious to see if there are libraries to help me do this? Can I compile python to javascript, such as this tool http://pyjs.org/?

jfs Over a year ago

@Simon Guo: At best Pyjamas would compile an arbitrary pure Python code to javascript. numpy and scipy are not pure Python libraries (parts are written in C, Cython, Fortran).

Mike DeSimone Over a year ago

If you are going to run something on the user's browser, your first choice should be to write it in JavaScript. Modern browsers take great pains to make JS run fast. Failing that, you might want to consider writing in Java or Jython, but that requires your client to have a Java runtime installed.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-27 04:00:39Z

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Matrix manipulation is in NumPy. Everything else listed in in the standard library. You may want to look into something like Twisted in order to mediate the network access though.

answered Mar 27, 2011 at 4:00

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