PortableApps haXe

[Martijn Loots]

Anyone here familiar with PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) ?

I'd very much like to put my entire development setup onto an USB stick
in order to quickly demonstrate my projects' progressions and latest
additions.

At the moment, I stuff it all Windows XP VMware client on a 30G
USB HD, shut it down, install VMware Player on a 3rd party's PC,
boot into the VMware client and it works perfectly.

Drawbacks:
- it takes allways a lot of time to boot and shutdown the VMware client
- sometimes the 3rd party's PC just is to light (need more than 1 GByte
   memory on XP, some 2 GByte at least on Vista and a decent CPU)
- the external USB HD is just to big for easy carrying

PortableApps runs nearly everything one needs from a decent USB stick:
- Firefox
- XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, ..)
- Notepad++

but haXe needs a C:\Program Files\.. type of location/setup doesn't it ?

Can haXe/Neko/haxelibs run from just any folder on a USB stick ?

TIA,
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[Franco Ponticelli]

You can put the haxe folder anywhere you want ... just launch haxesetup.exe after moving it; it will setup the PATH correctly to the current location.

Franco.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:

Anyone here familiar with PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) ?

I'd very much like to put my entire development setup onto an USB stick
in order to quickly demonstrate my projects' progressions and latest
additions.

At the moment, I stuff it all Windows XP VMware client on a 30G
USB HD, shut it down, install VMware Player on a 3rd party's PC,
boot into the VMware client and it works perfectly.

Drawbacks:
- it takes allways a lot of time to boot and shutdown the VMware client
- sometimes the 3rd party's PC just is to light (need more than 1 GByte
 memory on XP, some 2 GByte at least on Vista and a decent CPU)
- the external USB HD is just to big for easy carrying

PortableApps runs nearly everything one needs from a decent USB stick:
- Firefox
- XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, ..)
- Notepad++

but haXe needs a C:\Program Files\.. type of location/setup doesn't it ?

Can haXe/Neko/haxelibs run from just any folder on a USB stick ?

TIA,
--
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[Martijn Loots]

Nice, that means I can make a "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer.. :)

(leaves only a "VIm Portable" on my wishlist).

Should I post the "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer here on
the list too ? I mean, is there interest and/or a better
place to put it ?

Grtz,
--
-Martijn

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Franco Ponticelli wrote:

> You can put the haxe folder anywhere you want ... just launch haxesetup.exe
> after moving it; it will setup the PATH correctly to the current location.
>
> Franco.
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Anyone here familiar with PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) ?
>>
>> I'd very much like to put my entire development setup onto an USB stick
>> in order to quickly demonstrate my projects' progressions and latest
>> additions.
>>
>> At the moment, I stuff it all Windows XP VMware client on a 30G
>> USB HD, shut it down, install VMware Player on a 3rd party's PC,
>> boot into the VMware client and it works perfectly.
>>
>> Drawbacks:
>> - it takes allways a lot of time to boot and shutdown the VMware client
>> - sometimes the 3rd party's PC just is to light (need more than 1 GByte
>>  memory on XP, some 2 GByte at least on Vista and a decent CPU)
>> - the external USB HD is just to big for easy carrying
>>
>> PortableApps runs nearly everything one needs from a decent USB stick:
>> - Firefox
>> - XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, ..)
>> - Notepad++
>>
>> but haXe needs a C:\Program Files\.. type of location/setup doesn't it ?
>>
>> Can haXe/Neko/haxelibs run from just any folder on a USB stick ?
>>
>> TIA,
>> --
>> -Martijn    @..@    ( Martijn Loots       -  Hengelo  [NL] )
>> -          (`--')   ( martijn<@>cosix.com -  www.cosix.com )
>> -         ( >__< )  ----------------------------------------
>> -         ^^^  ^^^  (   Netwerken, Security, Open Source   )
>>
>> --
>> haXe - an open source web programming language
>> http://haxe.org
>>
>

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[Nemea Lion]

Hello Martin

There IS a Vim Portable:
http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/

And you can have autocompletion with a haxe omnicompletion
plugin I wrote. Have to put it on haxelib soon, as I lost my domain
some time ago...

Carlos

2009/7/17 Martijn Loots <[hidden email]>:

> Nice, that means I can make a "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer.. :)
>
> (leaves only a "VIm Portable" on my wishlist).
>
> Should I post the "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer here on
> the list too ? I mean, is there interest and/or a better
> place to put it ?
>
> Grtz,
> --
> -Martijn
>
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Franco Ponticelli wrote:
>
>> You can put the haxe folder anywhere you want ... just launch
>> haxesetup.exe
>> after moving it; it will setup the PATH correctly to the current location.
>>
>> Franco.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone here familiar with PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) ?
>>>
>>> I'd very much like to put my entire development setup onto an USB stick
>>> in order to quickly demonstrate my projects' progressions and latest
>>> additions.
>>>
>>> At the moment, I stuff it all Windows XP VMware client on a 30G
>>> USB HD, shut it down, install VMware Player on a 3rd party's PC,
>>> boot into the VMware client and it works perfectly.
>>>
>>> Drawbacks:
>>> - it takes allways a lot of time to boot and shutdown the VMware client
>>> - sometimes the 3rd party's PC just is to light (need more than 1 GByte
>>>  memory on XP, some 2 GByte at least on Vista and a decent CPU)
>>> - the external USB HD is just to big for easy carrying
>>>
>>> PortableApps runs nearly everything one needs from a decent USB stick:
>>> - Firefox
>>> - XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, ..)
>>> - Notepad++
>>>
>>> but haXe needs a C:\Program Files\.. type of location/setup doesn't it ?
>>>
>>> Can haXe/Neko/haxelibs run from just any folder on a USB stick ?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> --
>>> -Martijn    @..@    ( Martijn Loots       -  Hengelo  [NL] )
>>> -          (`--')   ( martijn<@>cosix.com -  www.cosix.com )
>>> -         ( >__< )  ----------------------------------------
>>> -         ^^^  ^^^  (   Netwerken, Security, Open Source   )
>>>
>>> --
>>> haXe - an open source web programming language
>>> http://haxe.org
>>>
>>
>
> --
> -Martijn    @..@    ( Martijn Loots       -  Hengelo  [NL] )
> -          (`--')   ( martijn<@>cosix.com -  www.cosix.com )
> -         ( >__< )  ----------------------------------------
> -         ^^^  ^^^  (   Netwerken, Security, Open Source   )
>
> --
> haXe - an open source web programming language
> http://haxe.org
>

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http://haxe.org

[Martijn Loots]

Hey, thanks for the link. I'll have a look at it shortly.

In the mean time: if anyone is interested, I have a basic PortableApps
version of haXe 2.03 constructed... :-D

To download, see:  http://www.cosix.com/haXeNekoPortable/ (= + SWHX lib)

I can now compile my complete haXe and SWHX project from the USB
stick, so it seems to work perfectly.

Still, I run it on the same PC now where I had a working setup
(deleted now), so my project files *may* silently refer to external
stuff present on my PC...

I'd like to make this a "real" PortableApp, but I need at least 1
independant tester I presume... ;)

Todos: construct a correct behaving haXeNekoPortable.exe
        construct a "reset to old settings" program

Grtz,
--
-Martijn


On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Nemea Lion wrote:

> Hello Martin
>
> There IS a Vim Portable:
> http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/
>
> And you can have autocompletion with a haxe omnicompletion
> plugin I wrote. Have to put it on haxelib soon, as I lost my domain
> some time ago...
>
> Carlos
>
> 2009/7/17 Martijn Loots <[hidden email]>:
>> Nice, that means I can make a "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer.. :)
>>
>> (leaves only a "VIm Portable" on my wishlist).
>>
>> Should I post the "haXe v2.03 Portable" installer here on
>> the list too ? I mean, is there interest and/or a better
>> place to put it ?
>>
>> Grtz,
>> --
>> -Martijn
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Franco Ponticelli wrote:
>>
>>> You can put the haxe folder anywhere you want ... just launch
>>> haxesetup.exe
>>> after moving it; it will setup the PATH correctly to the current location.
>>>
>>> Franco.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone here familiar with PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) ?
>>>>
>>>> I'd very much like to put my entire development setup onto an USB stick
>>>> in order to quickly demonstrate my projects' progressions and latest
>>>> additions.
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, I stuff it all Windows XP VMware client on a 30G
>>>> USB HD, shut it down, install VMware Player on a 3rd party's PC,
>>>> boot into the VMware client and it works perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> Drawbacks:
>>>> - it takes allways a lot of time to boot and shutdown the VMware client
>>>> - sometimes the 3rd party's PC just is to light (need more than 1 GByte
>>>>  memory on XP, some 2 GByte at least on Vista and a decent CPU)
>>>> - the external USB HD is just to big for easy carrying
>>>>
>>>> PortableApps runs nearly everything one needs from a decent USB stick:
>>>> - Firefox
>>>> - XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, ..)
>>>> - Notepad++
>>>>
>>>> but haXe needs a C:\Program Files\.. type of location/setup doesn't it ?
>>>>
>>>> Can haXe/Neko/haxelibs run from just any folder on a USB stick ?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> --
>>>> -Martijn    @..@    ( Martijn Loots       -  Hengelo  [NL] )
>>>> -          (`--')   ( martijn<@>cosix.com -  www.cosix.com )
>>>> -         ( >__< )  ----------------------------------------
>>>> -         ^^^  ^^^  (   Netwerken, Security, Open Source   )
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> haXe - an open source web programming language
>>>> http://haxe.org
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> -Martijn    @..@    ( Martijn Loots       -  Hengelo  [NL] )
>> -          (`--')   ( martijn<@>cosix.com -  www.cosix.com )
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>> -         ^^^  ^^^  (   Netwerken, Security, Open Source   )
>>
>> --
>> haXe - an open source web programming language
>> http://haxe.org
>>
>
> --
> haXe - an open source web programming language
> http://haxe.org
>
>

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[Jan_Flanders]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:

Still, I run it on the same PC now where I had a working setup
(deleted now), so my project files *may* silently refer to external
stuff present on my PC...

I'd like to make this a "real" PortableApp, but I need at least 1
independant tester I presume... ;)


Grtz,
--
-Martijn

 

Hi Martijn,

I tried it on two other computers (both windows) that never had haXe installed and it works.

Thanks for making it.

Groeten,
Jan

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[Martijn Loots]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, ad nez wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Martijn Loots <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to make this a "real" PortableApp, but I need at least 1
>> independant tester I presume... ;)
>>
> Hi Martijn,
>
> I tried it on two other computers (both windows) that never had haXe
> installed and it works.
>
> Thanks for making it.
>

Thank *you* for being so quick... ;-)

1 leftover remark for other readers: it being a "PortableApp" also
means that you can use it standalone too. It does *not*  need the
PortableApps environment, it will work just as well on any USB stick,
mobile phone drive, harddisk, etc. Even on CD if a readonly haXe
suffices...

Just run the "haXeNekoPortable.bat" to open "haXe on the go"... ;-)

If Nicolas is listening: I was a bit weary with respect to the
licensing aspects. I put all flags on true, meaning it's allowed
to be copied, open source, freeware and may be used in commercial
products. The last one is the one I was not all sure about; there
are *some* restrictions for commercial use or not ?

Grtz,
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[Martijn Loots]

There's a new version, a bit more enhanced:

   http://www.cosix.com/haXeNekoPortable/haXeNekoPortable-2.03.2-alpha.zip

(project page http://www.cosix.com/haXeNekoPortable/)

It's very much a work in progress: both portable entries need
to be executables instead of .bat files and functionality has
not been added yet to conform to PortableApps.com conventions.

It works allright, but if anyone has a bit of background in
PortableApps launchers: help is greatly appreciated.

Grtz,
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