Currently my program expects the user to have python installed on his/her computer. This will be a severe blocker for any portability and I will need to handle this, either by binding Python into C++ or porting the scripts into C++ code.
Binding:
Advantages: I would be able to use the existing code
Disadvantages: The binaries may be bigger and that will be a disadvantage when deploying on web assembly
Porting:
Advantages with porting to C++: Everything will be in C++
Disadvantage: Porting the application to C++ may be time consuming.
For now, I'll try porting the code to C++/Qt/Regular expressions.
Legacy Code:
The program creates a shell process that starts python.exe (hard coded for Windows), with a hard coded path to the script.In my last commit, I added code to src/networkDesigner.cpp. For the XML/QML handling, I used some code that I found at stack overflow.
This change isn't visible but it is a big step towards Web Assembly.