[Edu-sig] DocTest Quiz: working local solution!

[Andre Roberge]

On 4/29/06, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/23/06, Jeffrey Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:00:27 -0500, Michael Tobis <mtobis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >I think I've got a realistic design for a doctest-driven beginners'
> > >programming courseware suitable for presenting HHTLCSpy - type
> > >materials that can be put together in a week or so with my level of
> > >skill. (Or a half-day if I let Ian B in on it... ) That week probably
> > >won't happen before early June, but I think I'll have something of
> > >immediate interest to you early enough in the summer that we can
> > >develop real curriculum in time for next fall.
> >
> > Thanks, Michael!  I've written up a brief description of the tool I'm looking for here:
> >
> > http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/projects/doctest-quiz.php
> >
> > and a briefer launchpad spec here:
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/products/cando/+spec/doctest-quiz
>
> For those interested, you will find attached a simple app that
> essentially does what Jeff described, albeit entirely on a single
> computer. (Thus, if you can run Python on that machine, you can run it
> via a web browser without sandboxing).
>
> It requires CherryPy.
>
> Here's what is required:
> 1. Download and install CherryPy.  http://www.cherrypy.org/
> 2. Save doctestquiz.py in the tutorial directory that comes with
> cherrypy (so you can use the default configuration file).
> 3. Run doctestquiz
> 4. Point your browser to http://localhost:8080/index
> 5. Have fun!
>
>
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