On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:24 AM, <chitt...@uah.edu> wrote: > On Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 8:50:27 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Hmm. ISTM the easiest way would be to run an explicit server, probably >> HTTP (hence Django as you mentioned), and then you can have people >> access it using a client on Windows. With HTTP, that client would >> simply be a web browser. I would advise picking up a quick tutorial on >> Django or Flask, and seeing how easy it is to spin up an app and start >> responding to requests. >> >> ChrisA > > Yes, "django" indeed seems to be a good solution - But I am having a tough > time understanding how to set it up :( ... > > All I need is a simple example (say in django) with explicit directions > "django for dummies" - that shows how to set it up - access is using http(s) > and execute on the server/ubuntu ... I have indeed looked far and wide for > the "simplest" example in django I can learn from/adapt ... it is something I > have struggled with for sure ... (number crunching is what I do know, UI's > are strange to me!)
There are some great Django tutorials out there; I believe the Django Girls tutorial is a great one (whether you're a girl or not): https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/ Alternatively, Flask tends to be simpler to set up than Django is. Here's a simple app I built a while ago that uses Flask: https://github.com/Rosuav/Flask1 As you can see, all the code resides in a single file. (That's not how I would structure a full-size app, but for what you're doing here, it would be fine.) You don't need to worry about WSGI or anything, just run your program directly; when it hits app.run() down the bottom, it'll process requests until you halt it with Ctrl-C. The Web is an important part of today's world, and time spent getting familiar with the use of a web browser as your UI is time well spent. You should be able to master this in a weekend, I would guess. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
