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To start developing new code in OpenACS, we build a new package. A package is a a discrete collection of web pages, Tcl code, and database tables and procedures. A package with user interface is called an application; a package which provides functions to other packages and has no direct interface, a @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ right now. Code that is temporary hackage is clearly marked.
In this tutorial, we will make an application package for displaying a list of text notes. -
You will need:
A computer with a working installation of +
You will need:
A computer with a working installation of OpenACS. If you don't have this, see Chapter 2, Installation Overview.
Example files, which are included in the standard OpenACS 5.9.0 distribution. -
Figure 9.1. Assumptions in this section
| Fully qualified domain name of your server | yourserver.test |
| URL of your server | http://yourserver.test:8000 |
| Name of development account | $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME |
| New Package key | myfirstpackage |
We use the ACS Package Manager (APM) to add, remove, and +
Figure 9.1. Assumptions in this section
| Fully qualified domain name of your server | yourserver.test |
| URL of your server | http://yourserver.test:8000 |
| Name of development account | $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME |
| New Package key | myfirstpackage |
We use the ACS Package Manager (APM) to add, remove, and
upgrade packages. It handles package meta-data, such as lists of
files that belong in the package. Each package is uniquely
identified by a package key. To start developing a new
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/myfirstpackage.
This is the "home directory" of our new package, and all
files in the package will be within this directory. More on the structure of
- packages).
In order to see your work in progress, you must create a + packages).
In order to see your work in progress, you must create a map between the URL space of incoming requests and the package application instance. You do this by adding the application in the main site administration). This creates a link between the incoming URL requests and an @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in this tutorial.
Browse to
http://yourserver.test:8000/admin/applications/application-add/.
Choose "My First Package" from the list and click OK (the other fields are optional).
By mounting the package, we've caused all requests to
http://yourserver.test:8000/myfirstpackage
- to be satisfied from the files at /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/myfirstpackage/www.
The remainder of the tutorial walks you through each file one at a time as you create the package. You can skip all this, and get a working package, by doing the following:
cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/tutorial
+ to be satisfied from the files at /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/myfirstpackage/www.The remainder of the tutorial walks you through each file one at a time as you create the package. You can skip all this, and get a working package, by doing the following:
cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/tutorial psql $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -f myfirstpackage-create.sql cp note-edit.* note-delete.tcl index.* ../../../../myfirstpackage/www/ mkdir ../../../../myfirstpackage/lib