FAQ

What is Wekan in Python?

Wekan kanban board, with same frontend in wekan/client directory (jade templates, html/css/js), and backend changed from Meteor.js framework to Python, while still keeping the same compatibility, REST API, etc as original Wekan.

What is status of this port?

Started 2018-05-19, may take maybe 1-2 years, or sooner, depends on contributors.

Will original Wekan still be developed?

Yes, Meteor version will be where main development happens, and it will be developed. Wekan in Python is still non-existing vaporware. Only if some day Python version reaches point where it has all features of original Wekan on all current platforms supported by original Wekan, with existing migrations of every possible previous version of Wekan, migrating can be discussed. And as long as someone still uses original Wekan that many companies have integrated to their own internal systems in many ways, Meteor version will exist. There is no valid reason to stop development of original Meteor version of Wekan.

First commit in wekan.py 2018-05-21

https://github.com/wekan/wekan.py/commit/e5c6da5a3919158d8164ae1e0b4a8567da71249d

Other Python code already in Wekan, to be reused on wekan.py

• https://github.com/wekan/wekan-logstash
• https://github.com/wekan/wekan-python-api-client
• https://github.com/wekan/wekan-cleanup
• https://github.com/wekan/wekan-stats
• https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Wekan-Sandstorm-cards-to-CSV-using-Python
• Ansible installer
  • https://github.com/wekan/mage-snapd
  • https://github.com/wekan/mage-wekan

Python Frameworks

• https://www.djangoproject.com
• http://www.web2py.com
• https://falconframework.org for REST API

Falcon framework design example

• https://falconframework.org for to implement Wekan REST API
• https://mithril.js.org for lightweight frontend Javascript, that uses REST API
• https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/

JS in browser

• https://mithril.js.org/

Without JS in browser

• Is there possibility to have frontend in webbrowser that works with Javascript turned off in browser? With only CSS animations and POST requests etc?

CSS

• https://matwrites.com/bulma-css-framework-for-2018/
• CSS grid changes everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kVeCqQCxlk
• https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/02/css-grid-for-ui-layouts/
• https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/03/how-to-write-css-that-works-in-every-browser-even-the-old-ones/
• https://minicss.org/