Switching apps to client-side Python 3

All new apps default to Python 3 on both client and server.

If your app is using Python 2 on the client side, it’s quite simple to convert it to client-side Python 3. In the Gear Menu , click on ‘Upgrade to Python 3…’

If your app already uses Packages, the Anvil Editor will guide you to a dropdown that allows you to select the client-side Python version. Select Python 3:

If your app does not yet use Packages, you will be asked to enable Packages before you upgrade. Enabling Packages will not affect your app’s functionality.

How-to guide: Converting your app to use packages

Search-and-replace `print` statements

Your client-side code will now use Python 3 syntax. You must replace any print statements with the Python 3 print() function.

  # Python 2: print statement
  print 'Foo'

becomes:

  # Python 3: print function
  print('Foo')

The app-wide search may be useful here.

Make all imports explicit

Python 3 uses ’explicit’ imports for everything. That means absolute imports such as

# Old Python 2
from Form1 import Form1

become relative:

# Python 3: relative imports everywhere
from .Form1 import Form1

You will need to modify your code accordingly. The autocompleter is a very useful tool when writing import statements.

Here are some more examples. These imports from Python 2:

# Old Python 2
import Module1
from Module2 import my_utility_function

become:

# Python 3: relative imports everywhere
from . import Module1
from .Module2 import my_utility_function

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Switching apps to client-side Python 3

Search-and-replace print statements

Make all imports explicit

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Search-and-replace `print` statements