Mobile app development in Python is a "bit of a sore point", said van Rossum in a recent video Q&A for Microsoft Reactor. "It would be nice if mobile apps could be written in Python. There are ...

Mobile App Development, lesser people are aware that Python can be used to develop a Mobile Application as well. Most people think that Android Development is done on Kotlin and Java, but you can ...

Python developers push for Python-built applications running on mobile devices, but big obstacles remain.

I wrote last year about Tinkerstellar, a new iPad app inspired by Apple’s Swift Playground that’s designed to help people learn Python through multiple interactive lessons. Tinkerstellar is ...

Python creator Guido van Rossum has himself called Python “big and slow”, which has hindered its uptake in mobile app development and within web browsers.

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