Hi there. I'm developing a wxPython thick client app coupled to web2py via xmlrpc. I've put the web2py svr on my hp Ubuntu 9.04 laptop and it also runs virtualbox with a winXP guest OS, within which I run my thick client. I put the virtualbox into bridge mode so that client and svr are on the same lan, although my client references the svr via dyndns and not by ip.
Until yesterday (or the day before?) I have been running the svr in eclipse in debug mode so that I can single step through my controller code. When the client (wxPython code debugging in eclipse in windows) makes the xmlrpc call the svr eclipse would pop up and I could step through the controller code. And then it all stopped working. I have no idea why. My guess is that my "stupid errors" ( a special class of errors, don't you know ;-) have accumulated enough to put the wrench into the mix. I have since learned that eclipse, aside from just being your regular, run of the mill, el-pig-o java app, is quite nasty when it breaks, and according to the google groups I splunked through, it breaks quite often. Eric is a very nice looking IDE. SPE is a wxPython based IDE and it has a two-tier scheme where they try to bother you into "upgrading" to the paid version. I haven't looked it over too closely but it looks serviceable. I asked here before about a debugger and was put onto Winpdb. Despite the name, it bares no kinship to Windows OS, and will work with SPE (and I *think* even eric). Someone here mentioned that 'geany' was a good, small/tight, IDE and I briefly looked at it. At this time I had not looked at Winpdb so I was resisting learning it and trying (desperately) to get eclipse working again (at least I knew how to use its debugger). Alas, I have had to do much uninstalling, deleting, rebooting, and reinstalling and I've taken the effort to learn some of Winpdb so I think I will switch from eclipse to SPE and Winpdb, *after* I can figure out this bizarre password thing it does - apparently you must decorate your code with a password and then Winpdb can find it. I haven't gotten it to work yet. I _have_ managed to get eclipse to load and run again, but the debugger will *not* stop in my controller. Sigh. I've borked it good with my special errors (see "stupid" errors above). Oh, to run the web2py in the debugger I am, of course, running the source code version (not the pre-compiled windows offering). Web2py has a builtin web-editor that you can use to edit you svr code. Take note of the wee icons on top of the page and learn them - they hold valuable treasure. Use the "database administration" link at the very top of the admin page to look at your database tables - this will complain if your model python code is ill-formed - it's a nice quick, very handy/friendly facility. Dunno if there's anything for testing the controllers. They sell a programmer's guide (the pdf is much less expensive than the dead-tree version) and I highly recommend you get it. There is a new version about to come out so wait for that but *definitely* get the book. What else? -- Rb On Jul 27, 8:59 pm, Randell <josephrandell.benavi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > How do you setup your web2py development environment? Of course, we all know > that we don't need complicated setup to develop web2py since it has its own > coding area. But I'm sure some of us use our favorite IDEs and plugins to > make development easier and faster. > > - What OSes do you use? (which flavor of Linux, which Windows version, > does anybody here use a Mac?) And why? > - What IDEs? What benefits do you get from using Eclipse or other IDEs? > Feel free to enumerate everything. > - What plugins do you use? I think there's also a plugin that allows you > to deploy your web2py projects directly from Eclipse. > - What tools do you use to deploy your web2py projects? > - Where else do you deploy your web2py project aside from GAE? (I'm > asking this for those web2py projects you've actually deployed in a live > site) > > I'm asking about all those tools you need from starting a web2py project up > to deployment to GAE (or somewhere else). If you're also integrating your > web2py projects with Facebook, please include that as well. > > Would be awesome if Massimo can answer these questions as well. > > Thanks! > --http://randell.ph/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
