Web Rush

Episode 175: Skulpt with Meredydd Luff

Episode Summary

Meredydd Luff comes for part two to talk about what Skulpt is, how it avoids HTML and CSS, whether Skulpt has source maps, running Python in the browser, and the story behind how it all came together.

Episode Notes

Recording date: 03/03/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Meredydd Luff https://twitter.com/meredydd

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• AG Grid

  

• Narwhal

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Resources:

• Anvil
• Skulpt
• Skulpt on GitHub
• Web Assembly
• Brython
• Transcrypt
• Pyodide
• Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)
• Symbolic Execution

Timejumps

• 01:22 Guest introduction
• 01:57 Catch us up on Anvil and Skulpt
• 04:13 How do you avoid HTML & CSS?
• 06:12 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 07:22 What is Skulpt?
• 10:59 Does Skulpt have source maps?
• 18:50 Running Python in the browser
• 25:32 Insulating you from other languages
• 29:52 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 30:29 The story behind putting this all together
• 40:15 Could it be a way to learn how to program?
• 44:56 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.