[cap-talk] testing install of Waterken server before WWW 2008

[Jed Donnelley]

On 4/14/2008 11:13 AM, Tyler Close wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Next week I'll be presenting the Waterken server at WWW 2008. I'm
> hoping some of the attendees will be intrigued enough to try
> installing it and playing with it. I'ld like the install process to be
> pain-free enough that the initial intrigue doesn't wear off. I'm
> hoping cap-talk members could try installing the latest Waterken
> server distribution and inform me of any problems before the
> conference.
> 
> The download page is accessible from:
> 
> http://waterken.sourceforge.net/
> 
> There's an online example program for the Waterken server at:
> 
> http://waterken.sourceforge.net/bang/
> 
> Your mission is to get this example program running on your local
> machine. I'm hoping that if people can easily get that far, they will
> be able to experiment with creating their own classes.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Tyler

I'll provide a little feedback.  I'm not sure what environment others
are doing their testing in, but I found myself using (mostly for
security constraints in our environment) the cygwin environment
on a Windows system that I can easily blow away.

Once I got javac into my path the build (./build.sh) seemed
to work fine.  Here are:

Standard out:

Building joe-e project...
Building ref_send project...
Building web_send project...
Building network project...
Building log project...
Building persistence project...
Building remote project...
Building server project...
Building shared project...
Building example project...
Building dns project...
Building genkey project...
Building test project...

(from all the echo statements), and:

Error out:

Note: src\org\joe_e\reflect\Reflection.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: src\org\ref_send\var\Variable.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: src\org\web_send\split\Splitter.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: src\org\waterken\menu\MenuMaker.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

I'm not sure if the above look reasonable.  I do know
that when I ran the server.jar it seemed to work.  I was
able to visit:

http://localhost:8080/

and see:
_________
home
online documentation
WaterkenTM server is installed!

You have successfully installed the WaterkenTM server. Server documentation is available online.
Things to do…

     * Configure an SSL key pair
     * Edit your homepage

Copyright 2004-2008 Waterken Inc. All rights reserved. Waterken is a registered trademark of Waterken Inc.
_________

You've successfully taken over my system...

I noticed that the above "Edit your homepage" link points to a
nonexistent anchor on:

http://waterken.sourceforge.net/deploy/

It points to:

http://waterken.sourceforge.net/deploy/#new_files

and apparently the intended anchor is:

http://waterken.sourceforge.net/deploy/#add_file


I guess that isn't important because my mission is to get
the example program from:

http://waterken.sourceforge.net/bang/

going.

Unfortunately I got stuck trying to follow these instructions:

1. install a Javascript shell, such as this one: http://www.squarefree.com/shell/
2. visit the test page...: https://vsci.hpl.hp.com/-/bang/#fqzr4finsagj2x
3. open your javascript shell, with your browser still on the test page
4. try the commands listed below...

A.  I can visit the above Javascript shell page:

http://www.squarefree.com/shell/shell.html

where I can execute Javascript commands (e.g. 2+3; or clear() or ...)

and

B.  I can visit:

https://vsci.hpl.hp.com/-/bang/#fqzr4finsagj2x

(where I see a "start" button that returns:

"The answer isn't know yet.  Refresh this page to check again."

), but

C.  I don't know how to "open my javascript shell, *with*
my browser still on the test page."

Suggestions anyone?

--Jed  http://www.webstart.com/jed/