"Creating a Portable App"

I am currently working on a series of posts about the development cycle of a portable app. This guide will cover all major aspects of portable apps: since the definition of "portable app" (and a bit of history), licensing issues, trace detection and analysis, until the official release.
I hope to be able to post within a 1 week/month interval. Meanwhile, drafts can be found at my website.

Please report any problems with the posts (including, but not limited to, historical inaccuracies, spelling and grammar problems, and wrong assumptions).

Table of Contents

1. Definition
2. Community