Ways to sync between devices

• Dropbox - both scripts needed
  • https://gist.github.com/omz/4034526
  • https://github.com/dhutchison/PythonistaScripts/blob/master/DropboxSync.py
• WebDAV
  • https://github.com/marcus67/gitsynchista
• FTP
  • https://gist.github.com/Gerzer/370da8cbe0f6066811b5

Apple doesn't care what language you develop iOS apps in (to a certain extent), so long as they continue to comply with all of the iOS App Store development rules (like no downloading non-JavaScript executable code). Also, Pythonista is the only Python app I know of (and I have looked into a lot of Python apps) to have a fully Python-scriptable iOS 7-styled drag-and-drop UI builder, somewhat akin to Xcode's Interface Builder for Swift and Obj-C. Pythonista is miles ahead of the other Python apps for iOS. In fact, I would consider its strongest competitor to be Codea, a programming app for a completely different coding language (Pythonista is still better ;-)). Pythonista is well worth $6.99 for what it can do.

Here is the old Pythonista Xcode template. It does not support a lot of the new modules in Pythonista 2.0, only some. The official link @omz posted does not work anymore. Luckily, I was able to find a copy on my computer. Please post any questions or issues on this thread.

I've been working hard on a project that I think will help the Pythonista community work around Apple's limitations. I know there are already countless FTP browsers and servers out there for Pythonista, but I have yet to find something like the standard Pythonista Dropbox sync system for file servers. This is why I created my FTP sync script and UI.

I have tested my FTP sync script with my personal WD My Cloud. The UI is very simple. It is currently presented as a sheet on iPad and in fullscreen on iPhone and iPod touch. It is designed to be a sidebar, but it's not presented that way because Pythonista 1.6 beta doesn't support sidebars yet. I'll change this as soon a I can.

It supports anonymous connections and lets you enter the directories to sync on both Pythonista and the FTP server. It doesn't use any modules not built in to Pythonista, so the script works out of the box. It does not sync deletions yet, however, so any deleted files on one device must also be manually deleted from every other device, including the server. This is something I'm working to fix.

The public GitHub Gist can be found here.

Ok, just applied for the beta! Can't wait! Also, regarding a "future" setting in the 2.7 Pythonista, I think that would be great, but only for the console. The setting, if implemented, should not apply to editor scripts.

Great news BTW!

Sorry everyone! I should probably switch over to Dropbox or something now. Just use the copy @mrcoxall shared, I guess.

@Webmaster4o Same here.

@marcus67 That should be fine.

@Webmaster4o Nevermind, I see you changed it.

@Webmaster4o Is that the right screenshot? :)

+1 for a 2.0 Xcode template!

Awesome, can't wait!

That sounds interesting. How much value is there for editing on the FTP server directly? If that is an important feature, then I could create a desktop app to access the files. Perhaps that's not necessary, however. What do you think?

Finally! It looks amazing.