X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/b4b0166481d608ce6a754f31efc0ce5b24f0b71f..76d11affde5e8e21d94eee151faaa92622764bb6:/projects/clockworks.mdwn diff --git a/projects/clockworks.mdwn b/projects/clockworks.mdwn index a60e8c5..6163249 100644 --- a/projects/clockworks.mdwn +++ b/projects/clockworks.mdwn @@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ Next, grab the source code. If you have Debathena installed on your machine, yo Now, to install the application. Assuming that you have a reasonable version of Python on your system, running **./nosudo-virtualenv.sh** should set up the environment. If it succeeds, you'll see the help output for a command named paster. -Run the application by changing into your environment with **source tg2env/bin/activate** and then typing **paster serve development.ini**. And voila; a very boilerplate TurboGears install should be facing you at http://localhost:8080 +Run the application by changing into your environment with **source tg2env/bin/activate** and then typing **paster serve --reload development.ini**. And voila; a very boilerplate TurboGears install should be facing you at http://localhost:8080 + +If these steps fail (which happens on some configurations of OS X and almost invariably on Windows), talk to us and we can get you set up with a copy running on scripts.mit.edu or xvm.mit.edu. + +Once you're running, here are some paths to take: + +1. Take a break and read some TurboGears documentation to get a feel for the framework +2. Browse through the todo list, pick a task that seems interesting, and start working on figuring out how to make it work +3. Browse the source, fiddle with some variables, see what changes +4. Decide what clockworks should look like, and take off -The stage is yours. ## Development info