From: Jim Clark <diegoslice@...>
Date: 2007-04-26T04:41:22+09:00
Subject: Re: R: Using Watir and Ruby2Exe together

Thanks - I'll keep this in mind if others voice an opinion for a lighter 
weight solution. Part of why I like InstantRails is my familiarity with 
Apache having using it for a number of years. Keeping it on a thumb 
drive keeps it off the lan which hopefully avoids anyone's discomfort 
with installing files anywhere.

-Jim

Andrea Forlin wrote:
> Why not use WebRick like ruby script to build your own webserver?
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> I think the invasive solution could be too problematic if you find an admin
> that refuse the idea to install some app on his lan.
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> Maybe this is not your case...
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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Jim Clark [mailto:diegoslice@gmail.com] 
> Inviato: mercoled� 25 aprile 2007 18.32
> A: ruby-talk ML
> Oggetto: Re: Using Watir and Ruby2Exe together
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> In the haze of an early breakfast coupled with little sleep, I realized 
> that the solution to this problem wasn't about forcing the browser to do 
> something it is explicitly designed not to do. Rather, the key is to get 
> the client PCs to act like a server which is when I had the head 
> slapping moment of thinking about the Ruby one-click installer. It can 
> be put on a Flash drive, it will execute on Windows XP and Vista, any 
> browser can be used to view the HTML pages from Apache, and it really 
> beefs up the infrastructure with many features including having a MySQL 
> database to store info and extract the data from. The problem of saving 
> an XML file to disk completely disappears when viewed from a server side 
> perspective.
>
> -Jim
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> Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
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>> Jim Clark wrote:
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>>> Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
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>>>> P5: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
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>>> When I was in the military, the drill sergeants would harp upon the 6 
>>> P's of Proper Planning. You're version is a bit nicer.
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>> I know that variant, too, but I don't want to upset anyone casually. :P
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>>> Thanks for the advice.
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>> You are welcome.
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>>     
>>> -Jim
>>>
>>> P.S. - How do you change your sig line every time?
>>>       
>> With the Signature Switch extension for Thunderbird:
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/addon/611
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