Alpha Tests

By Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson 2011-04-19, 19:47

This is a brief list of things we are working on right now.

• A built-in static-file HTTPD
• A Windows and Linux GUI
• Packaging for Windows users

A built-in static-file HTTPD

There's not much to say about this, it is bundled with the GUI and the Windows package. Current features are:

• Serves static files reasonably efficiently
• ETag / If-Not-Modified support for caching
• Pythonic substitution of a basic few variables in .shtml files
• XML-RPC interface for querying program state (requires auth token)

A Windows and Linux GUI

This GUI is primarily a menu and a task-bar icon. We are experimenting with PyGTK at the moment (after abandoning wxPython).

Packaging for Windows users

Windows packaging is inspired by this Portable Python and PyGTK distribution.

We have a cut-down Python 2.7.1 + PyGTK environment in about 20MB, (8MB zipped) which is capable of running a full-featured PageKite, including the HTTPD and GUI.

A prerequisite is the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86).

Experimental builds can be downloaded from Bjarni's PageKite, when it is flying.

Note that these builds will do nothing except crash unless you drop a valid pagekite.cfg in the pyapp folder after unzipping. Run the clauncher.exe to see console output, launcher.exe if things are working and you just want the taskbar icon.

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