[Edu-sig] [Ann] DocTest solution: Crunchy Frog

[catherine curley]

Hi

Do I have to intall CherryPy and how.

>From  where do I run the setup program when running in Windows XP.

Thanks in advance

Catherine


On 5/5/06, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Version 0.2 of Crunchy Frog is ready to be released.
>
> After refactoring the code in a major way, I have been able to
> implement *almost* all the non-graphical features I was hoping for.
>
> The code should now be very easy to understand, if you have some
> familiarity with CherryPy and ElementTree.
>
> Unfortunately, sourceforge appears to have been down for a while, so I
> haven't been able to upload it.  If you want to try it, and can`t find
> it on sourceforge, feel free to contact me by email and I'll send you
> a copy.  The updated 5 html files and 3 Python files fit in less than
> 10 kB (zip file).
>
> When you enter some Python code in an "editor area" and have Python
> execute the code, the code no longer disappear from the "editor area".
> This is the most important improvement, from a usability point of
> view.
>
> You can now also have an arbitrary combination of 'fake interpreter
> prompt', 'editor area' and 'DocTest areas' on a single page.
>
> The code that takes care of the execution of the user code has been
> extracted and put in a small module on its own.  Therefore, whenever
> one develops a "Python sandbox", it will be extremely simple to make
> use of it.
>
> There are three main features left to implement:
>
> 1. add the possibility to load "non-local" html files.  This might be
> as easy as adding a couple of lines of code, using a module like
> urllib.  When I figure out how to do that, I'll be pestering authors
> of existing Python tutorials to adapt them for use with Crunchy Frog
> ;-)
>
> 2. Fix a major annoyance for "long" pages: at present, when executing
> a code snippet, the page gets reloaded at the very top, even if the
> "editor area" or "fake interpreter prompt" was at the bottom of the
> page.  I haven`t been able to find out how to do this using CherryPy.
>
> 3. Being able to navigate in an arbitrary directory structure.  Up
> until now, I have had problems if the html files were not all in a
> single directory.
>
> There are a few other features (like saving a session) that I would
> like to ideally fix before version 1.0.
>
> The usage I make of CherryPy appears to be extremely minimal.  I
> suspect that someone familiar with web programming using the standard
> library would be able to reproduce what I did without too much
> programming efforts.  If anyone has any pointers as to how I could do
> this, I would appreciate it.
>
> As usual, any feedback including strong criticisms are welcome!
>
> André
>
> On 5/4/06, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Version 0.1 of Crunchy Frog has been released.  It can be found at
> > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=125834
> >
> > Crunchy Frog allows to transform a "traditional" Python tutorial into
> > an interactive session within your favourite web browser.  Three
> > "modes" of interaction are currently possible:
> > 1. one-liner, similar to the typical instruction at the Python
> interpreter.
> > 2. multi-line Python code, as entered in a traditional editor, and
> > executed by Python.
> > 3. Solutions to doctests, as described by Jeff Elkner in a previous
> post.
> >
> > Crunchy Frog is more of a proof-of-concept than a serious application
> > at this point. The code is rather messy, showing my total lack of
> > experience with this type of program (web app).  To use it you will
> > also need to have installed Elementtree (included with Python 2.5?)
> > and CherryPy.   You do not need to install Crunchy Frog.
> >
> > To try it: read the 5 (short) pages long "tutorial" included, using
> > your favourite browser.  Then, start Crunchy Frog, and go through the
> > tutorial again.  The whole thing should be doable in less than 10
> > minutes.
> >
> > André
> >
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