@benoit: Thanks!
*********************************************************** Alexander Gabriel Wiesenstrasse 22 8800 Thalwil 079/ 372 51 64 a...@barbalex.ch www.barbalex.ch 2012/11/27 Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Alexander Gabriel <a...@barbalex.ch> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have developed two couchapps so far. Amazing technology! And easy > enough > > for a hobby programmer like me to learn (in my "real" life I'm a > biologist). > > > > Beyond being a noob I'm also a windows user - and expecially: a unix- > and > > shell-NOBODY. My experiences with shells have been rather painful so far, > > for instance with git or with curl. Seems like windows is a bad > environment > > for curl - or shells in general? There were so many problems with using ' > > or " or \" that I got lost, especially as it seemed that no code example > > seemed to run in my shell without radically changing all ' or " or \". > > The code of erica take them as well :) > > > > > There also seem to be a lot of "magic tricks" that Unix users seem to be > > born with and usually are not explained in the documentation for shells. > > For instance I believe you often have to be in the exact right folder or > a > > command to work. > > You just need to be in the app folder to push. > > > > > So I was extremely happy that there was a standalone executable for > windows > > here: http://www.couchapp.org/page/installing > > > > Will I have to learn dealing with a shell now? > > > > Or will there be an executable for windows for erica? > > There will be an easy way to install erica asap. Sometimes next week. > > > > And is there advice on how to change an existing project from couchapp to > > erica? Or is this not a good idea? > > The the things that need to be change are .couchappignore -> > .ericaignore and you have to reinit the project (erica init). If > you're not using the vendors it should be good. > > > > > Looking forward to an even better tooling but I do hope the learning > curve > > is not too steep... > > > > It shouldn't be. Let me know if you have any problem. > > - benoît >
