[Seaside] What is the recommended setup to develop locally (on Mac OSX Lion) with Pharo and Seaside?

[Paul DeBruicker]

You can also set up Comanche to serve static files by subclassing 
WAComancheAdaptor and adding a method like:

createService
	| contentPath dirPath svc ma |
	contentPath := 'htdocs'.
	dirPath := FileDirectory default fullNameFor: contentPath.
	svc := (HttpService on: self port) name: 'seaside-' , self port 
greaseString.
	ma := ModuleAssembly core.
	ma
		alias: '/js'
		to: [
			ma serverRoot: dirPath.
			ma documentRoot: dirPath , '/js'.
			ma directoryIndex: 'index.html index.htm'.
			ma serveFiles ].
	ma
		alias: '/css'
		to: [
			ma serverRoot: dirPath.
			ma documentRoot: dirPath , '/css'.
			ma directoryIndex: 'index.html index.htm'.
			ma serveFiles ].
	ma
		alias: '/images'
		to: [
			ma serverRoot: dirPath.
			ma documentRoot: dirPath , '/images'.
			ma directoryIndex: 'index.html index.htm'.
			ma serveFiles ].
	ma
		alias: '/fonts'
		to: [
			ma serverRoot: dirPath.
			ma documentRoot: dirPath , '/fonts'.
			ma directoryIndex: 'index.html index.htm'.
			ma serveFiles ].
	ma addPlug: self.
	svc plug: ma rootModule.
	^ svc



Then starting your new adaptor from the Seaside Control Panel or 
programmatically.  Then set your resourceBaseUrl to '' when you 
initialize your app e.g.:

app preferenceAt: #resourceBaseUrl put: '';

Any reference like

anHtmlRoot stylesheet resourceUrl:'css/style.css'

will point to the file in

<Pharo Image Directory>/htdocs/css/style.css



On 12-01-08 11:26 AM, Johan Brichau wrote:
> Hi Helene,
>
> If you do not want to setup a front-end webserver on your development machine (like me), you can easily serve static files via Comanche/Seaside.
>
> The Seaside-FileSystem package from the http://www.squeaksource.com/Seaside30LGPL repository contains the necessary functionality to easily do this.
>
>  From the Seaside configuration webpage, you can then add a 'File directory' (as an application). This allows you to serve files from a directory on disk via the built-in webserver of the Smalltalk image.
>
> Hope that sets you on your way!
>
> cheers
> Johan
>
> On 08 Jan 2012, at 20:06, Helene Bilbo wrote:
>
>> As long i was working without the possibility to upload files in my seaside
>> application i just worked with the seaside one-click image. Now i wonder
>> what is the best way to develop on a local machine when working with static
>> files - when on the server where the application will run later it will run
>> with apache like described in the book in chapter 22.3.
>>
>> 1) I read on the newsgroups that it is not recommended to work via RFB
>> directly on the real server (where the application will run later).
>> 2) Is the best option a local installation of apache? How do I configure it
>> (on Mac OSX Lion)? Is it easy to migrate the application to the real server
>> (where the application will run later) this way?
>> 3) Is it a good option to let the Pharo/Comanche Server do the serving of
>> static files while developing on the local machine? How do I configure it?
>> What do I have to change when i start uploading the application to the real
>> (where the application will run later) server?
>>
>> I know this has been asked on the newsgroups many times and there were many
>> answers - but for a beginner like me with no prior experience in
>> (web)developing thats the biggest obstacle up to now.. A small tutorial for
>> this task would be very welcome on the seaside homepage or in the book.
>>
>> Best regards, Helene.
>>
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