Python on Electron framework

Question

I am trying to write a cross-platform desktop app using web technologies (HTML5, CSS, and JS). I took a look at some frameworks and decided to use the Electron framework.

Answer 1

You can use python-shell to communicate between Python and Node.js/Electron.

python-shell provides an easy way to run Python scripts from Node.js with basic and efficient inter-process communication and better error handling.

Using python-shell, you can:

• spawn Python scripts in a child process;
• switch between text, JSON and binary modes;
• use custom parsers and formatters;
• perform data transfers through stdin and stdout streams;
• get stack traces when an error is thrown.

In your terminal, make sure you are inside the root folder of your project and run the following command to install python-shell from npm:

npm install --save python-shell 

You can then simply run a Python shell using:

var pyshell =  require('python-shell');

pyshell.run('hello.py',  function  (err, results)  {
 if  (err)  throw err;
 console.log('hello.py finished.');
 console.log('results', results);
});

See more information from this tutorial