Fantastic! Well done Martin! On 30 Mar 2011, at 08:46, Martin Hawksey wrote:
> Portable wookie server is in the wild > http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/2011/03/your-own-wookie-widget-serve > r-on-a-usb-stick-pc/ > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin Hawksey [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 29 March 2011 09:37 >> To: '[email protected]' >> Subject: RE: Wookie on a stick >> >> Hi Ross, >> >> I should declare I'm an 'enthusiastic amateur' getting by using hard graft >> rather than in depth skill knowledge in this area, which will probably > tell in my >> responses below. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: 29 March 2011 00:17 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Wookie on a stick >>> >>> On 28/03/2011 23:43, Martin Hawksey wrote: >>>> I'm new to the list so apologies if I'm doing this all wrong. I was >>>> interested to see if I could run a wookie server from a usb stick >>>> (thought this would be useful for dissemination/workshops etc). >>> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> Thanks for bringing this to the list where the community can see it >>> and we can talk properly (Martin and I had a brief exchange about this > via >> Twitter). >>> >>> It would be brilliant if you can do this. As it happens I'm working on >>> a VirtualBox image of a development environment right now. I also >>> thought about a virtualBox image of a server too. >>> >>> Having it on a stick would be even better since there would be no need >>> to install anything. The disadvantage would be that it will only run >>> on the platform it's built for (I assume), but that's not the end of >>> the world. It at least provides options. >> >> This is true, the dependency is the Java JDK which is platform specific (I >> think). If you made this a perquisite ie the user has this already > installed I >> wonder if this would make it multi-platform. >> >>> >>>> Here's the basic recipe I'm using >>>> >>>> Downloading ant 1.7.1 and extracting to usb drive root e.g. f:\ant >>>> >>>> Downloading wookie extracting to usb drive root e.g. f:\wookie >>> >>> What do you mean "downloaded and extracted"? We don't have any >>> binaries yet. There is a release candidate - do you mean that? >> >> I should have said 'took a copy of the trunk from the subversion repo' - I >> didn't checkout because I wanted to avoid the notes TortoiseSVN adds to > the >> folders (I didn't know if this would create conflicts if the user was > using a >> different subversion client) I'm thinking now that maybe adding a portable >> subversion client might be the way forward. A couple are mentioned here >> http://portableapps.com/node/6767 >> >>> >>> I'd suggest it would make more sense to checkout from SVN if you >>> intend this to be useful in workshops. We will want people working >>> with the latest code so that they can show them ow to submit patches. >>> >>> Furthermore, as you will read below, I had to make a change to the >>> code to solve the issue with IVY. >>> >>>> Copying a version of my local JAVA JDK to usb drive root f:\Java >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> In ant.bat adding: >>>> >>>> set pathDrive=%cd:~0,2% >>>> >>>> set JAVA_HOME=%pathDrive%\Java >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> after >>>> >>>> :checkJava >>>> >>>> set _JAVACMD=%JAVACMD% >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And creating a .bat file in [wookie] with: >>>> >>>> @echo off >>>> >>>> set pathDrive=%cd:~0,2% >>>> >>>> cd %pathDrive%\ant\bin >>>> >>>> call ant.bat -buildfile %pathDrive%\wookie\build.xml run >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This all appears to work fine except in compile I noticed that ivy >>>> is been written to c: (see snippet below). I'm not familiar enough >>>> with ant/ivy to know if/where the destination path can be changed. >>>> Also I'm not familiar enough with wookie to tell if really is running >> portably. >>> >>> Ivy is downloaded and installed by ant. It is stored in a location >>> relative to an ant property called "ivy.home" which is set to >>> ${user.home}/.ant in the /ant/ivy-common.xml >>> >>> I just committed a change that allows this value to be overridden. >>> >>> You need to either pass the following command line switch to the ant >> script: >>> >>> -Divy.home=%pathDrive%\ivy >>> >>> This will then use your pendrive as the home for Ivy. Note that all >>> dependencies will be checked out to the pendrive as well. This is a >>> good thing as it means we won't need network connection to run Wookie >> from the stick. >>> >>> I therefore suggest you also add the following property to prevent Ivy >>> looking for updates: >>> >>> -Doffline=true >>> >> >> Just tried method 1 which appears to solve the ivy problem. I've noticed > now >> that the wookie-java-connector is being published locally >> >> :: publishing :: org.apache.incubator#wookieJavaConnector >> published wookieJavaConnector to >> C:\Users\MartinHa/.m2/repository/org/ap >> ache/incubator/wookieJavaConnector/0.1.0- >> SNAPSHOT/wookieJavaConnector-0.1.0-SNAP >> SHOT.jar >> published wookie-java-connector to >> C:\Users\MartinHa/.m2/repository/org/ >> apache/incubator/wookieJavaConnector/0.1.0- >> SNAPSHOT/wookieJavaConnector-0.1.0-SN >> APSHOT.pom >> published ivy to >> C:\Users\MartinHa/.m2/repository/org/apache/incubator/w >> ookieJavaConnector/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/wookieJavaConnector-0.1.0- >> SNAPSHOT.xml >> [echo] project wookie-java-connector published locally with version > 0.1.0- >> S NAPSHOT >> >>>> Welcome any feedback. Does the recipe work? >>> >>> I don't know how the pendrive thing works, so no comment on your >>> approach. The easiest way to test it is simply point your browser at >>> http://localhost:8080/wookie and play around with some of the widgets >>> in the widget gallery (the first link on the home page). >> >> Tried most of the widgets now, those tested work Martin >> >>> >>> They should all work. >>> >>> Ross >>> >>>> Is it possible to configure ivy >>>> to be written on the stick? And any suggestions on if/how to take >>>> this forward >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Martin >>>> >>>> For info I'm testing on Win7 32bit >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [snippet] >>>> >>>> download-ivy: >>>> >>>> [get] Getting: >>>> <http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/2.1.0-rc2/> >>>> http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/2.1.0-rc2/ >>>> >>>> ivy-2.1.0-rc2.jar >>>> >>>> [get] To: C:\Users\MartinHa\.ant\lib\ivy.jar >>>> >>>> [get] Not modified - so not downloaded >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > >
