Python 3

[ghost]

I note that Hook supports Python 2, which is a nice start, but is already outdated. Are ye planning to support a more modern version of Python, such as 3.4 or even 3.5?

Thanks!

[Marak]

I see the server is on:

Python 2.7.6

There's no reason why can't move to 3.x. I just have the check compatibility with Node.js and npm because I know it uses Python for some things.

I'll see what we can do. Thanks!

[waylonflinn]

👍

[Marak]

The people have spoken!

I've updated the priority of this issue and have placed the feature On Deck. Will have an update shortly.

If anyone is interested in tracking hook.io feature development we have a public Trello board available here: https://trello.com/b/9i9QSbof/hook-io-features

[Marak]

I did some research and have found that node-gyp and gyp will never support python3.

That's okay, as we can easily have both versions exist on production.

Will install python3 on production in the next day.

Sorry for the delay. Was traveling during the week.

[waylonflinn]

Perfect timing! I was just thinking about how to spin up my own on AWS.

[ghost]

Fantastic news, thanks! You made my breakfast. :)

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Perfect timing! I was just thinking about how to spin up my own on AWS.

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[Marak]

Got everything working locally in testing.

The only concern I have now is that a few users have already created hooks using python2.

Do you think we can drop support for python 2 entirely? Or should we keep both versions available?

[Marak]

Since it's not going to be that difficult to support both, I'm going to keep support for both versions.

Will need to update the examples and should have this deployed in the next few hours.

[waylonflinn]

Yay!

Good call on Python 2. The tide is finally turning, but lots haven't moved yet.

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Since it's not going to be that difficult to support both, I'm going to keep support for both versions.

Will need to update the examples and should have this deployed in the next few hours.

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[Marak]

We should now have support for both python and python3 online.

http://hook.io/marak/examples-python3-hello-world
http://hook.io/marak/examples-python3-hello-world/source

Please let me know if you run into any issues. Thanks!

Sorry again this took so long to turn around. Lost about a week to travel. I will now be more available.

[louis77]

Hi guys

I've recently joined the Python developers community and know that there is still some discussion around version 2 and version 3. Personally, I don't see the point in supporting an old version of Python for hook.io, since hook.io is not about deploying existing apps. Most likely one will write new functions to be deployed here.

Python 3 supports a lot of new features and cleans up the language a lot. Also performance is a big plus in Python 3 from my experience. It was released 2008, so it's not that new after all. If there is a decision to support Python 2 too, why not supporting Ruby 1, Node 0.x, and all the other old versions of all the other languages too?

[ghost]

Having started allowing customers to use Py2 the Hook people have a responsibility not to simply pull the rug right away, though with a sunset on Py2 support in the nnear future it'll eventually happen.

A mid-road option is to simply disallow new projects using outdated and soon discontinued runtimes, which limits technical debt to existing code only. However, the burden of maintaining that technical debt lies with the Hook team so it's their call.

I'm just grateful for the upgrade! :)

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Hi guys

I've recently joined the Python developers community and know that
there is still some discussion around version 2 and version 3.
Personally, I don't see the point in supporting an old version of
Python for hook.io, since hook.io is not about deploying existing apps.
Most likely one will write new functions to be deployed here.

Python 3 supports a lot of new features and cleans up the language a
lot. Also performance is a big plus in Python 3 from my experience. It
was released 2008, so it's not that new after all. If there is a
decision to support Python 2 too, why not supporting Ruby 1, Node 0.x,
and all the other old versions of all the other languages too?

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[Marak]

We already made the decision to support both versions.

[pyhedgehog]

@cathalgarvey, @waylonflinn and @louis77, please join discussion important for python support.