[apt4ssx8] Re: online APT360 experiment
- From: "Kent A. Reed" <kentallanreed@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: apt4ssx8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:54:31 -0400
On 6/16/2012 1:59 PM, Dan Falck wrote:
Hi guys,
With Brent's help, I set up an experimental APT360 server for folks to
play with here:
http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/2012/06/apt360-websockets-demonstration-apt360.html
I thought this might make it a little easier for folks who want to
play with APT360, but don't want to install it locally.
Dan (and Brent) - I didn't forget about this message, I just got
distracted.
I think every effort to make APT accessible is a good effort. Thanks.
Since the first thing I did was make sure I could compile and execute
the APT360 code locally, this webservice is more interesting to me
because of the "glue" you used.
Long, long ago, a NIST colleague, Don Libes, created the Expect toolkit
to automate interactions between command-line programs and external
communications. In the 1990s, he used it to put up a web-server for his
fedex tool (a parser-verifier for the EXPRESS language used in
specifying STEP information models) akin to your webserver and for the
same reasons. As well, it simplified promulgating changes in fedex. If
your information model checked against the webserver you knew you were
up to date. I thought of him when I read your message.
It's a novelty to be able to play with APT code and get output while
I'm on the train, commuting to work.
Well, I keep seeing references to the train. I always loaded up a small
Linux-based laptop before making treks up the coast to meetings in
Philly, NYC, or Boston on Amtrak, but that's 10 years in the past when
mobile communication was still a novelty and usually unreliable.
I'm not sure what I'd do now. On the one hand, I'd like the portability
of a smart phone or tablet. On the other hand, my eyes would prefer
bigger screens and my fingers comfortable keyboards for any kind of code
work:-)
Have fun!
Dan
Regards,
Kent
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