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'''PythonAnywhere''' is an online [[Integrated Development Environment]] (IDE) and [[Web hosting service]] based on the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]]. It provides in-browser access to server-based Python (various versions) and [[Bash]] [[Command-line interface]]s, along with a code editor with [[Syntax highlighting]]. Program files can be transferred to and from the service using [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]] or via the user's browser. Web applications hosted by the service can be written using any [[Web Server Gateway Interface|WSGI]]-based application framework.

PythonAnywhere was created and is maintained by Resolver Systems, who also produce [[Resolver One]], a Python-based [[Spreadsheet]] program.

==Features==

* '''[[CPython]]''', '''[[PyPy]]''' and '''[[IPython]]''' support, including Python versions 2.7 and 3.2

* '''In-browser interactive consoles''' with code running on hosted servers, shareable between multiple users.

* '''Syntax-highlighting''' in-browser editor.

* '''WSGI-based web hosting'', eg. [[Django]], [[Flask]], [[web2py]]

* '''Support for coding from [[iPad]]''' and other mobile devices.

* '''Dropbox connectivity'''

* '''Many popular Python modules pre-installed'''

* '''[[Cron]]-like scheduled tasks''' to run scripts at a given time of day.

==See also==