Portable App Development

Hi I am new, so this might be in the wrong place. This thread is a call out for discussion and collaboration of the more senior Java Developers and those more experienced with
NSIS (NullSoft Scriptable Installer System) launchers for Portable Apps.

[Here is the situation] I spent my spare time this weekend installing a number of the java applications with bundled JREs onto my WD 120 GB Passport Portable Hard Drive.
It been over a year since I had done any real java development and I wanted to organize a comfortable and flexible developer environment (IDE and other tools) that I could use independent of the JVM on the host machine while I am on the go. So the dev environment would be consistant when at home, work, computer labs or friends places. Also I want to develop small java applications that friends can use on the small thumbnail drives, but there are no consistent tools to help package the java apps for the thumbnail drives.

I have been an avid user of several of the portable apps offered for for a while now and am looking at developing some of my own and making some of the applications I use daily portable. I'm wondering how exactly most people accomplish this. I know Portable Firefox runs without ever using the computers registry, at least thats what my monitoring indicates. Some other applications seem to use a Wrapper like RegRapper to remove the entries after the program is gone. Which method do you guys prefer? Ideals I would like to make it so the application never touches the registry at all, but i'm still researching how to do that.

I posted this job add up on sourceforge and I think I may as well put it here too.

C++ with wxWidgets Developer Requested

I am looking for a C++ with wxWidgets developer to help debug my latest project, Libertà. Libertà is designed to be a simple and easy to use application launcher for applications such as those on www.portableapps.com. It also portableizes (e.g. removes registry settings after use) existing programs. At the moment the project is 90% completed but I am have trouble with some C++ as it is not my 'native' language. Your main role will be to help debug the existing code and/or replace it with more efficient alternatives. If you need ANY more information please dont hesitate to e-mail me.

Operation Cleanup:

Description:
Cleaning up the Request Apps forum, suggesting things and just basically making sure that everything is closed with a definite answer. This also means developing things if no solution exists.

Starts:
May 1st

Members:
rmccue
nm35
justin
Jonathan
mdweaver7485
(join below)

Stay tuned for updates.

@John:

(I'm posting a topic here instead of e-mailing you since you have 300+ messages to wade through. :P)

Could you make a few project pages for me? Here's what I need:

• Portable Notepad2
• Instant FileZilla
• Portable Nightingale (my portable Songbird)
• Portable Development Suite (integrated IDE, if you have a better name please tell me!)

That's all I need at the moment; I'll let you know when I need more.

Hello All!

I LOVE UPX, but it can also take a lot of time for me to write backups and make my compressions, which is why I have written UPX Assistant (v1.01)! Now all my backups can be written automatically and mass compressions completed on the fly. In the interests of the community I would also like the share the application, maybe it can help you too, maybe not. Basically, you can drag multiple files into the application or shortcut, and there are some other features I'll write below the download link.

Download:
http://www.turboultra.com/portable/setup_upxassistant-1.01.exe

Overview...

A portable version of the audio editor Audacity has been released over at PortaSoft!
More info on the project page.

http://www.portasoft.org/e107/page.php?21

P.S.- I know that a portable version supposedly exists, but it is in French by default and I wanted to create my own.

-Justin

This is the begining of a portable media player based around winamp in response to the need for some suggestions topic began by Mark.
https://portableapps.com/node/1340. If there are any plugins or skins that you think would work better or are missing please comment.

Features:
Interface similar to WMP9,
Portable player support
Mp3, Ogg, Itunes and WMA support as well as FLAC.
Some video formats are supported, right now there is dvd playback throught the mplayer plugin but it is quite shaky

Update: Eliminated Video Flashing during DVD Playback, however only can play 1436 of dvd.

Creating a legitimate, portable Adobe Photoshop & ImageReady CS2 is entirely possible! Creating a working NSIS-based launcher is still in development, however, these are the exact steps I have taken to reach the nearest point. To write these steps most accurately, I am starting with neither Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady CS2 or its activation license on the machine...

After toying with it for quite some time, I've finally come up with a version of Portable Notepad2 I consider worthy of public release -- PortableNotepad2 0.4.

Portable Notepad2 lets you use the Notepad2 text editor on the go, without leaving mess behind on the current computer. Get it at the Notepad2 project page.

UPDATE: Now comes in two flavors: EXE and ZIP downloads. Waiting on SF.net hosting...