Python Runtime For Web Application Development
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Our small solution can solve big web development problems.
We’ve pre-compiled and pre-packaged the most widely used third-party packages for developing web and cloud-based applications, so you can start developing in minutes:
- Popular frameworks like Django, Flask and Bottle.
- Useful tools including Dash, WebOb and Selenium.
- Common utilities such as PyMongo, requests, httplib2, and many more.
In other words, everything you’ll need in a single, cross-platform runtime environment so your whole team can get up and running quickly.

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