Alex, Python is kinda tricky to bundle. If you're looking into writing an extension, then these might be useful:
* Libmicrohttpd - from GNU project, embedable httpd in C: https://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/ Implementing httpd is not hard, it could be done quite easily. On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > [ started a new thread, so I can't rant without tainting the other thread ] > > I started out on the 'find a rev/livecode solution for a simple HTTP > server" for one small reason : > > the LC 9.0 Dictionary Guide, under "HTML5 Deployment" says > > Testing your HTML5 app with a local web server >> Some browsers, such as Google Chrome, do not permit pages to download >> resources from file:// URLs. You won't be able to test your application in >> these browsers unless you run a local HTTP server. >> >> A quick and easy way to run a simple local HTTP server is to use Python. >> Open a terminal window, change directory to your standalone's directory, >> and run: >> >> python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 >> This will let you access your standalone by opening your web browser and >> visiting http://localhost:8080. >> >> What ? IMO, this is just plain "wrong". > > This is like going into the BMW dealership and being told "Yeah, you'll > love the way the new Z4 drives. Just get into this Mercedes sports car here > and we'll take you over to the racetrack to watch someone else drive one." > > Why are we suggesting that users use another (OK, a "competing") scripting > language to test HTML5 deployment ? > > Livecode is perfectly able to run a simple HTTP server. It is perfectly > possible and not too hard to write a basic one. In fact, we now even have > an included library that makes it trivial to write that very basic server. > > Why didn't we (i.e. Livecode - a careful use of the word "we") just > package up that simple server, and then include that, with suitable > instructions. > > That would have avoided any implication that LC is any less capable than > other scripting languages, and avoided reminding anyone that LC doesn't > (yet) come packaged with all the libraries and therefore utilities that you > could hope for. > > > So - I'm hoping to write a basic version (including my "get around the > same-domain limitation") and get it, or something like it, included in the > LC distribution, so that the documentation has no need to recommend another > language. > > <end of rant - thanks for listening :-)> > > Alex. > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
