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PyjamasDesktop is a cross-platform framework and applications widget set, based on [http://webkit.org WebKit]. PyWebkitGtk is currently the basis for Pyjamas-Desktop, and it is conceivable that there will exist a PyWebkitQt4, and Pyjamas-Desktop will run on top of that, as well. PyjamasDesktop is similar to [http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi KiWi] in that it provides an easy-to-use API, where you need not know - at all - that you are running PyGTK underneath.

PyjamasDesktop is actually a port of [http://code.google.com/p/pyjamas PyJamas] which is a web toolkit, so you also have the option of running PyjamasDesktop applications as web applications - unmodified.

The [PyJamas] Widget set is exceptionally comprehensive and yet is easy to use, providing:

Additional features, thanks to the underlying use of webkit, include:

It's specifically worth noting that due to PyjamasDesktop's history, it purely provides the "V" in "MVC" applications design. To communicate with the "C" in "MVC", it is recommended that you keep to XML and HTTP, and use, for example, the JSONRPC proxy client included with the distribution. In this way, the same application front-end source code can be compiled with PyJamas (into Javascript/AJAX) - with no modifications - to run with exactly the same back-end HTTP server that your PyjamasDesktop application uses. However, as you have access to the full Python core (unlike in Pyjamas, which is restricted to AJAX), you do not have to follow these guidelines.

Obtaining PyjamasDesktop, is here:

Pre-built AMD64 .deb packages for the webkit-glib and pywebkitgtk dependencies are here:

Documentation

The Pyjamas API, which is identical for both PyJamas and PyjamasDesktop, is available here:

Article and information is available here:

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