Sane

I'm wondering it it might be a cool idea to make a website with a cgi for Python. But that's not the thing.

There would be hundreds of different challenges to write in Python, and you would have to write up a code and submit it to the online Python. If the successfull output is attained points are awarded to that user, and they are placed accordingly in the ranking.

The challenges would rank from extremely challenging to piss easy.

It would take some PHP coding, I presume. Server space, and some Pythoners with time on their hands.

Would this be a good idea? Who'd be willing to help me out with this, maybe sometime in the next month?

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uman

sounds cool. I can't help with it, but drop me a line if you finish.

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Cerulean

Eh? Why not code it in Python? *scratches head*
Python can do web programming as well as, if not better because of easy extensibility and nicer (imo) API, as PHP.

Lockick

Sounds like a great idea, I'd definatly participate. I'd help too, but I'm still relativly new to Python, but once I finish Dive into Python I should be okay.

Infinite Recursion

sounds good

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thechristelegacy

I'd participate

Sane

I'm having trouble finding a Python Interpreter on the web, so I guess we'll have to do our own. I have server space that should always be up and running at www.1v7.com . Now it would be cool to make the entire website and forum and user controls in Python, but sort of unecessary. We just need someone really profficient in PHP, and someone to design the layout.

This is what I think the layout should roughly be like:

Home - Tells the user about what the website is, and is about, whatever we decide to call the website.
Challenges - A list of challenges and the points you can recieve from them. And a form where you can submit your python script and see the output, recieving points.
Forum - You can discuss the challenges, recommend some, talk about Python, see the updates, etc...
Users - See all the points that each user has, and the user rankings.

And each page on the left would have a column including a login page (not for the forums though), a hall of fame section for the top 10 rankings, page statistics, and a couple links or something.

I'll keep thinking of stuff later. Mmm coffee...

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Sane

EDIT: What happens though if they type in a program that executes on an OS or with an SDL window or something, how would that execute on their computer rather the website? Or would the cgi only support print statements?


I'm thinking since the cgi seems like it won't be user-interactive, we could just make all the programs sent to me (or one of us) with a form to be tested. And then one of us would award the points accordingly.

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DaWei

In my career, I elected myself thinker, other people doers, got away with it, and raked the bigger paycheck. If Sane pulls this off, I predict good things for him .

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uman

you might want to check out topcoder.com for some ideas. It seems a bit like what you're trying to do.

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