Re: [Webware-discuss] HTTP server for Win98 development

[Chuck E. <ec...@mi...>]

At 04:48 PM 2/5/2001 -0800, J.J. Dukarm wrote:
>Hi all -
>
>My best Python development tools are on a Win98 PC, but at the moment I do
>not have an HTTP server for that PC. Can anyone suggest one that would be
>suitable for webware app development and testing? Or should I go find an NT
>box?
>
>(I have Linux/Apache, but (a) it is not integrated with my office LAN, and
>(b) the application will eventually be run on Win32 servers anyway).

Well...just an FYI: I use Apache on Windows ME. Then I deploy on 
Linux/Apache. Note that WebKit pretty much insulates you from the web 
server, so other than some extra configuration and testing, delivering on a 
different web server shouldn't be a problem.

So Apache might be your quickest route to be up and running.

Geoff T. posted a Python HTTP+webkit server to this list (see the archives) 
although it may need additional work.

And finally, I have heard that Microsoft has something like the "Personal 
Web Server" for use on 95/98/NT. Don't know anything about it, but if it 
supports CGI then you're golden. If "feels like" IIS when installing and 
configuring, you might even like it better.


>I have an industrial software application, which is being written in Python
>2.0, that needs to be "webified." After scratching my head for a long time
>over Zope, I realized that it wasn't suitable, but WebKit and PSP look very
>promising. If they do the job for me, I will be happy to contribute
>examples and other goodies to Webware.

Sounds great.


-Chuck