Has anyone tried to make a "USB Webserver" a portableapps application?
I found it on http://www.portablefreeware.com and it can be downloaded from http://www.usbwebserver.com
AIUI, this has a full Apache WWW server and MySQL, which serves my purposes fantasticly!
I write WWW applications for a living, and it would be really neat if I was able to take them on a USB stick to client sites, put it in and show off development - without having to rely on an internet connection. Obviously flat files can be shown without a problem (just load them up in a browser), but CGI scripts are more of a problem without a server!
I could use the setup they offer, but would prefer to be able to launch it from the portableapps.com launcher as this would look a whole lot better - it would be easier for my clients to understand if it was started from a generic application launcher, rather than some special, mystical, "server starter" launcher.
i.e. If I was using a launcher which also had things like firefox and thunderbird, and a few games shown on it, that would make the server software less "threatening", and more just just some application you run to make the server run.
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We already have XAMPP, which does everything USB Webserver does, and more...
Use the search box! Please!
Thanks for the suggestion!
I didn't know about that! (With a nondesecript name like "XAMPP", that's not surprising!)
I'll grab a copy and take a look - thanks!
Incidently, is there any chance of a link to the "test applications" list onto the lefthand navbar? It's getting a right pain to have to go search for it everytime I want to see what's availabe
(This links into my earlier posts about having an full list easily available to anyone coming to the WWW site - at present I find the easiest way to find this page is to search the forumns for the word "CRAZY" to find a thread with a link to it!)
Ah!
No wonder I had difficulty finding a WWW server here! (Apart from the nondescript name!)
It's listed under "Development"! Should really be under "Internet", or both.
I'll add this to the relevant forumn thread
I know this thread is old, but...
XAMPP just accepts Vista +
USBWebserver works well in XP.
Was the only one I found to work in XP.
It is fast, simple, small and PORTABLE!