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SPMPT 3.0b1 : Python, Django, Subversion on Mac with MAMP 2.0

2011-08-09T13:07:00.000+02:00

Hi,
I'm proud to announce, the first SPMPT 3.0 beta is working on Snow Leopard.

What's new
- Python 2.7.2
- Subversion 1.6.16
- Django 1.3
- mod_python REMOVED
- mod_wsgi 3.3
- 32bit and 64bit (intel only)
- PPC support REMOVED
- working with MAMP 2.0

Need to test it on Mac OS Lion (10.7)
If you have any question let me know

Cédric

SPMPT 3.0 with MAMP 2.0 comming soon

2011-07-16T14:26:00.000+02:00

Hi,
MAMP just release new version of MAMP 2.0.1, so for now SPMPT is not yet working with this new release. But I'm working on right now.

If you have any questions, post them in comment.

Cédric

Django on Mac with SPMPT and VECT 2.1.4

2011-05-26T17:59:00.001+02:00

Hi !
Good news for Python developpers, just release SPMPT 2.1.4.
I fixe some things in configuration files. But I add 3 new features to VECT:
- Update Trac repositories
- Update SVN repositories
- Create Django Project answring some questions, so easy !

Hope you will enjoy this new release.

Best regards
Cédric

SPMPT 2.1 Working with MAMP 1.9.6.1

2011-04-28T23:00:00.000+02:00

Some day ago you MAMP released new MAMP 1.9.6.1.
I'm proud to announce that SPMPT 2.1 is working with no any problem with this release.

Best regards
Cédric

Django 1.3 on Mac with MAMP (avaible in the futur SPMPT 2.2)

2011-04-21T11:44:00.000+02:00

Hi,
Django 1.3 was released, so I will include it in the futur SPMPT 2.2.
For now, you can upgrade to Django 1.3 by following this instructions :



rm -rf /Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/

curl -o Django-1.3.tar.gz http://media.djangoproject.com/releases/1.3/Django-1.3.tar.gz

tar xzf Django-1.3.tar.gz

cd Django-1.3

/Applications/MAMP/python/bin/python setup.py install

So you get Django 1.3 on your Mac, with MAMP and SPMPT.

Cédric

SPMPT.org now in Portuguese-Brasil

2011-03-22T21:08:00.001+01:00

Thank to Gabriel, SPMPT.org is now translated in Portuguese-Brasil.

Best regards
Cédric

Firefox 4 is burning my CPU !

2011-03-22T13:36:00.000+01:00

Hi !
Cause I'm webdevelopper, my browser is an important part of my software, so I'm using the lastest Firefox 4rc2 (my be the final one ?).
In Firefox 4 a new feature called "plugin container" has been added. The aim is to prevent crash brower when plugin like Flash are craching. The plugin is running in a process apart the main process, so when it crash, the video/pdf/game... is crash but you keep your browser safe.
On paper is a very nice feature.
BUT !
The CPU consumption is increase very much !
Yesterday I was watching a video in 480p on youtube and for first time since long time, my fan was audible, the temperature was increase from 55°C to 80°C in less than 20 secondes !
I'm on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 (Macbook13 Nvidia9400M).

Hope this problem will be solved before the final release.

So for the moment, you can disable plugin-container :
- go to about:config
- search for "dom.ipc"
- dom.ipc.plugins.enabled = true
- dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.* = false

Restart firefox 4, should be good now.

Cédric

SPMPT.org désormais aussi en français

2011-03-04T08:08:00.000+01:00

La page d'accueil du site est désormais disponible en français, l'aide suivra dans quelques jours.
Le support est bien sur toujours disponible en Français.

SPMPT 2.1 vous propose Django, Python, Subversion et Trac dans un add-on pour MAMP.

SPMPT en français.
Bon développement à tous !

SPMPT 2.1 is out ! Spotlight on Python for MAMP

2011-02-22T21:21:00.002+01:00

Hi !
I'm proud to announce that SPMPT 2.1 is now out.
This new release provide many new features. I think the Python programmers will enjoy this new release. It's now easy for any Python programmers to setup environment on Mac with MAMP and SPMPT.
This new version is shipped with MySQLdb-py which permit to Python programmers to connect to MySQL DBMS and use the Django framework on Mac.

The second major new feature is mod_wsgi. Mod_wsgi will replace mod_python, for now, SPMPT 2.1 is shipped with both mod_python and mod_wsgi. So you can change to mod_wsgi freely, with no contraints.

As usual, all components has been updated :
- python 2.6.4 -> 2.6.6
- trac 0.11.6 -> 0.12.2
- subversion 1.6.9 -> 1.6.12
- mod_python 3.3.1 (deprecated)
- mod_wsgi 3.3 (NEW)
- MySQLdb-py 1.2.3 (NEW)
- Django 1.2.5 (NEW)

What's next ?
- PostgreSQL 9 is working on beta release in my labs, So if you are interested, let me know.
- Python 2.7 and Python 3.2 so which are you waiting ?
- Subversion should be updated to the latest available

Tell me what you are waiting for, what are your wishes ?

SPMPT 2.1

SPMPT 2.1RC2 : MySQLdb on MAMP

2011-02-01T08:33:00.002+01:00

Hi,
I'm working on SPMPT 2.1 and the new RC2 include this new features :
- MySQLdb-python, will be include in SPMPT by default, many python developper wants it

RC2 :
- Bugfixe
- MySQL-python
- Trac from 0.12.2 (changes)

RC1 :
- Python 2.6.6 (changes)
- Trac from 0.12.1 (changes)
- mod_wsgi 3.3 (NEW) better performances
- mod_python still exists and you can use both mwsgi or mod_python

Note on Python 2.7.1 and 3.1.3 :
The most currently used python release is 2.6.x so most application are compatible with python 2.6.x, I think python 2.7.x we be include in futur release, but it's to soon to define a date.
But if you want it, let me know.

Cédric

SPMPT Tutorial : login and users

2010-12-02T19:55:00.000+01:00

Hello,
SPMPT is shipped with a great utility to create SVN repositories and Trac, easly.
This utility create everything you need to start a new project.

But if you wanna add some users to your SVN and Trac, you need to edit htaccess file.
This file is generated for each project and you can found it here :
/Applications/MAMP/conf/htpasswd-[projectname].conf

htpasswd file can be edited with htpasswd executable, but if you are not familiar with command line and terminal, you can use this tool to generate password.
- enter username
- enter password
- click generate
you should get something like this :
username:$apr1$UI/.P/..$17TDhGYQljlUCJV2VL70f.

- copy and past the line in your htpasswd-[projectname].conf file,
- save it

It's alright.
You can adjust permissions in Trac, to give access to wiki only for example.

Cédric

MySQLdb-python coming on SPMPT for MAMP

2010-11-22T18:29:00.002+01:00

Hi !
This post is for Python developpers. SPMPT will include by default MySQLdb-python in the next release.

But if you can't wait, send me an e-mail and I will give you the MySQLdb-python package for current SPMPT release.

What is MySQLdb ?
MySQLdb is an thread-compatible interface to the popular MySQL database server that provides the Python database API.

Some framework like Django needs MySQLdb to works properly with MySQL databases.

Hope you will enjoy it !

Cédric

SPMPT for python programmers

2010-11-20T16:48:00.001+01:00

Hello,

today I will move lights on hidden feature provied by SPMPT. When I release the first version of SPMPT, my main intention was to make installation of Trac and Subversion easly for evry developpers. But with time and users feedback, I know now, Python programmers using Mac found in SPMPT a great and easy tool to install python on Mac. So this is a little "Hello world" tutorial for people who used SPMPT, and want to try python in MAMP.

Apache configuration

First you have to prepare the environment, you need to create a Directory in Apache.
create a new file, for example mypython.conf

<IfModule !mod_python.c>
  LoadModule python_module     modules/mod_python.so
</IfModule>
 
<Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/python-hello>
 AddHandler python-program .py
    PythonHandler hello 
 PythonDebug On #for developpemnet enable debug
</Directory>

Your first program

You have to create the python-hello folder in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/

now we will create the python script : /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/python-hello/hello.py

01. from mod_python import apache
02.  
03. def handler(req):
04.  req.content_type = "text/html"
05.  req.send_http_header()
06.  req.write('<html><body>')
07.  req.write("Hello<br/>")
08.  req.write("This is a loop for in python : <br/>")
09.  a = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
10.  for x in a:
11.  req.write(x)
12.  req.write('<;br/>')
13. req.write('</body></html>')
14. return apache.OK

For advanced programmers, Django is recommended.

I'm not a python programmer so, if you have some questions, ask google.

SPMPT Tutorial : Trac plugins

2010-11-12T23:47:00.001+01:00

Hi !
Today I will explain how to add some plugins to your trac.

Bases :
Trac is programmed with Python, so plugins are generally programmed with Python too.
SPMPT is shipped with easy_install which permit you to install easly Python softwares. So to install some plugins to Trac, most of them needs easy_install.

easy_install path is /Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install

Generally Trac's plugins give a documentation, how to install them, so read it with attention.
In this example we will install TracWysiwygPlugin.

1) Launch Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

2) use easy_install to install the plugin like descripted in documentation, with SPMPT the path to easy_install is a little much long, don't forget to set the right Trac version (there 0.11) : /Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/tracwysiwygplugin/0.11

3) Processing

Downloading http://trac-hacks.org/svn/tracwysiwygplugin/0.11



Doing subversion checkout from http://trac-hacks.org/svn/tracwysiwygplugin/0.11 to /var/folders/lp/lp5TCmnQGCysjlEsUJnPy++++TM/-Tmp-/easy_install-slznk8/0.11



Processing 0.11



Running setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/lp/lp5TCmnQGCysjlEsUJnPy++++TM/-Tmp-/easy_install-slznk8/0.11/egg-dist-tmp-eYEvnS



zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...



Adding TracWysiwyg 0.11.0.2-r8691 to easy-install.pth file



Installed /Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/TracWysiwyg-0.11.0.2_r8691-py2.6.egg



Processing dependencies for TracWysiwyg==0.11.0.2-r8691



Finished processing dependencies for TracWysiwyg==0.11.0.2-r8691

4) The plugin was downloaded, build and installed by easy_install in few seconds.
5) Now you need to enabled TracWysiwygPlugin in your trac project using trac.ini. trac.ini is located in : TRACDIRECTORY/conf/trac.ini

6) You have to referer to documentation

7) You need to add in section
[components]
tracwysiwyg.* = enabled

8) You need to refresh trac, now you have a better editor.

Most plugins works like this : easy_install to install, trac.ini to configure/enabled

Special thank to Kiruakiller

Regards
Cédric

Rii mini keyboard wireless

2010-11-08T13:11:00.000+01:00

Rii mini keyboard wireless

Specifications :
- Wireless 2.4Ghz
- Full qwerty (include functions keys (F1..F8)
- Touch pad
- backlit (with button to enable)
- laser pointer
- lithium-ion battery
- 100g
- 151mm X 59mm X 12.5mm

Wireless
Rii mini is shipped with an USB Key. Just plug it to your computer, no driver needed. It's working on MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux, Mac OS X.

Full qwerty
With 56 Keys (including shift, ctrl, alt, logo, space, enter, backspace, escape, tab, capslock) + 8 Functions Keys + 4 arrows Keys (up, down, left, right)
The keyboard has many keys for media center, play/pause, next, previous, increase volume, decrease volume.

Touchpad
The touchpad is usefull, but it's small, so it's good for short time of use, like opening a folder to launch a movie or a playlist. Touchpad can rotate 90 degres if the remote is horizontal or vertical.

Backlit
Rii mini is built for presentation and media center use. So backlit is very usefull in this kind of situation.

Laser pointer
If you are a conferencer it's a very good tool, but for media center, it's not really important.

Lithium-Ion
built-in battery is an Lithium-Ion, so battery life is good. You can charge the Rii mini with the USB cable shipped with.

Rii mini wireless keyboard, is the perfect remote/keyboard, for media center, it's permit you to control your computer until 30 meters. With backlit, you can use it in the dark, it's nice when you are watching film and you want pause, or decrease volume. Its size and weight permit you to use it like your TV remote, the keyboard it's like your smartphone keyboard, so it's easy to use. the trackpad is usefull because some task are really faster with touchpad/mouse than keyboard.

You can found Rii mini on eBay, or tomtop.com for example about 50$

SPMPT 2.1RC1 : mod wsgi is comming

2010-09-02T08:29:00.002+02:00

Hello,
Python and Trac, two importants pieces of SPMPT are updated :
- Python from 2.6.4 to 2.6.6 (changes)
- Trac from 0.11.6 to 0.12 (changes)
- mod_wsgi 3.3 (NEW) better performances
- mod_python still exists and you can use both mwsgi or mpython

They are coming in SPMPT 2.1 very soon.

SPMPT and Trac 0.12

2010-06-21T13:17:00.005+02:00

Edgewall release Trac 0.12, what's new ?
- multi repository per environnement
- Translation/localisation using babel
- some improvment (wiki, tickets).

Trac 0.12 will be available soon in SPMPT.
you can update trac right now :

/Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install --upgrade Trac==0.12 --prefix=/Applications/MAMP/Trac

/Applications/MAMP/Trac/trac-admin /Applications/MAMP/trac_demo upgrade

Cédric

SPMPT 2.0 working on MAMP 1.9

2010-04-21T14:14:00.004+02:00

Hello,
I just test with success SPMPT 2.0 on MAMP 1.9.

Upgrade to MAMP 1.9

If you have to upgrade, you need to keep the repositories and tracs folders, and configuration files (/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/my-repository-for-example.conf) and then, include them in the new /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf.
If you need help, contact me as usual.

Regards
Cédric

Mono for MAMP (who is interesting ?)

2010-04-07T08:51:00.000+02:00

Hello,
I get some requests about Mono (and mod_mono) for MAMP. Mono permit you to develop with dot Net technology from Microsoft.
If you are interested, post in comment.

Thank you
Cédric

http://mono-project.com/Main_Page
http://www.mono-project.com/Mod_mono

P.S.: need 20 people to start developpement

SPMPT got a domain

2010-03-20T00:13:00.000+01:00

Hello,
Thanks to many SPMPT users, I can now open a domain for spmpt : http://www.spmpt.org/ this is the address you have to add to your bookmarks !

Hope you will enjoy it !
Very big THANK to all SPMPT users !

Regards
Cédric

SPMPT on MAMP Pro, your subversion server in few clicks!

2010-03-05T10:23:00.004+01:00

Hello,
I'm proud to announce that SPMPT is now working on MAMP Pro 1.8.4.
You can now get a very nice versionning environment using Subversion and Trac.

You can now buy SPMPT with Paypal account or with your credit card (CB, MasterCard, Visa...) by clicking on left side and choosing "Continue" (no Paypal account required).

http://sonique54.free.fr/spmpt/

Cédric

VIDEO : SPMPT It's so easy !

2010-02-27T12:07:00.005+01:00

It's the faster and easier way to get Subversion server on Mac with great Trac project manager !

http://www.spmpt.org/

SPMPT 2.0 : Trac on MAMP for your Mac

2010-02-18T21:37:00.004+01:00

Hello !
I'm happy to present you SPMPT 2.0, this new release is build for MAMP 1.8.x for Leopard and Snow Leopard, the package is Universal Binary.
New in SPMPT 2.0 :
- MAMP 1.8.x support !
- Snow Leopard support !
- Trac 0.11.6
- Subversion 1.6.9
- Python 2.6.4
- mod_python 3.3.1

Everything to get a svn server on your Mac, in few clicks !

What's new in futur release ?
I already planed a release for MAMP Pro.
and because I think SPMPT is the better web developper environment, I will include a new software : PostgreSQL, everything in a easy to install package !

Hope you will enjoy this new package.
Regards
Cédric

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PackageMaker: "Could not copy scripts" error

2010-02-10T19:13:00.001+01:00

Hi !
Today a little article to give a tips on the buggy PackageMaker.
Sometimes, you get this "Could not copy scripts" on build, with no more information.
Most time it's due to a bad XML description in the pmdoc.

1) right click on your .pmdoc document
2) choose Show package contents
3) open 01xxxx.xml with a text editor (not the 01xxxx-contents.xml)
4) take a look to the "script" part
5) check the values of postinstall, preinstall are right (good path, relative (or not...)
6) correct the errors, save and open you .pmdoc
7) everything should be ok

Cédric

SPMPT 2.0 coming very soon ! (Trac 0.11.6, MAMP 1.8.x and Snow Leopard support)

2010-02-08T22:25:00.004+01:00

Hello everyone !
I'm proud to anounce a new release 2.0 is coming very soon !
What's new in this new release ?
- add support of MAMP 1.8.4 (support of 1.7.2 is removed, but SPMPT 1.7.2 still available)
- update to Trac 0.11.6
- update Subversion to 1.6.9
- add support of Snow Leopard 10.6 (and Leopard 10.5, but not Tiger 10.4)
- update to Python 2.6.4

It's the easier wait to get a versioning environment, with a subversion server on your Mac.

I know many people are waiting this new release since 1 month, thank you for your patience.
People who buy SPMPT will see this new version in there own download folder.

Thank you for supporting SPMPT !

Regards
Cédric