lona-web-org / lona

Write responsive web apps in full python

Lona is a web application framework, designed to write responsive web apps in full Python.

Demos: lona-web.org/demos

FAQ: lona-web.org/faq

Documentation: lona-web.org

Changelog: lona-web.org/changelog

Reddit: reddit.com/r/lona_web_org/

Discord: discord.com/lona-web.org

Web is a solved problem in Python since ages, but traditionally Python handles only the server side. If you want to have client side interaction like click events or you want update content live, you have to write an additional Javascript application.

Lona handles the server side and the client side, and provides a simple, pythonic API to write self contained views.

# pip install lona

from lona.html import HTML, Button, Div, H1
from lona import LonaApp, LonaView

app = LonaApp(__file__)


@app.route('/')
class MyView(LonaView):
    def handle_button_click(self, input_event):
        self.message.set_text('Button clicked')

    def handle_request(self, request):
        self.message = Div('Button not clicked')

        html = HTML(
            H1('Click the button!'),
            self.message,
            Button('Click me!', handle_click=self.handle_button_click),
        )

        return html


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(port=8080, live_reload=True)

More information: Getting Started

How does it work?

Lona comes with a Javascript based browser library that speaks a specialized protocol with the backend. This protocol specifies messages like "hey frontend, please show $HTML" and "hey backend, someone clicked on node XY".

More information: Basic Concept