When comparing Amber vs Python (via Skulpt), the Slant community recommends Amber for most people. In the question“What are the best languages that compile to JavaScript? ” Amber is ranked 11th while Python (via Skulpt) is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose Amber is:
Amber includes an integrated development environment with a class browser, workspace, transcript, object inspector and debugger.
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Pros
Pro Includes an IDE
Amber includes an integrated development environment with a class browser, workspace, transcript, object inspector and debugger.
Pro Smalltalk is a simple, elegant, and powerful language
Pro One-to-one JS equivalent
Amber is written in itself, including the parser and compiler, and compiles into efficient JavaScript, mapping one-to-one with the JS equivalent.
Pro Suspensions
You can write blocking methods that don't cause the whole page to hang, something difficult to do in languages targeting Javascript.
Pro Interactive REPL
You can evaluate new Python code in the browser written by the user.
Cons
Con Very few learning resources
There are very little learning resources for Amber outside the official documentation. Which may not be enough for beginners, especially people that don't have much experience in programming.
Con Python 2.6
Skulpt implements an outdated version of the Python language.
