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Can you do Desktop Development using JavaScript? [closed]

February 19, 2023 by Tarik

There is XULRunner, which let’s you build GUI apps like Firefox using JavaScript and XUL. It has a lot of extension to JavaScript though, using XPCOM. They also offer Prism which let’s you build web apps that work offline, sort of like AIR. Yahoo uses it for their Zimbra email desktop client.

How do I check if I’m running on Windows in Python? [duplicate]

September 30, 2022 by Tarik

Python os module Specifically for Python 3.6/3.7: os.name: The name of the operating system dependent module imported. The following names have currently been registered: ‘posix’, ‘nt’, ‘java’. In your case, you want to check for ‘nt’ as os.name output: import os if os.name == ‘nt’: … There is also a note on os.name: See also … Read more