A server for exposing your briefcasts to the world
Project description
briefs-caster
What is it?
Rob Rhyne developed Briefs, an iPhone application for creating wireframes for Cocoa touch applications.
This is an insanely cool app, and much props go to Digital Arch.
So check it out first, http://getabrief.com. Ignore briefs-caster if you don’t fall in sappy love with Briefs, this will do you no good.
At some point, while going through the documentation, you will see some XML. I want to warn you about this, because no one warned me and I still have that bile taste in my mouth from the shock of it. This XML is used in constructing a Briefcast.
Briefcasts and briefs-caster
Within Briefs, you can add a URL that points to a list of briefs. In the app, it’s called My Briefcasts.
briefs-caster serves up any .brieflist file it finds in a directory you specify and can be entered into the Briefcasts section.
Installation
briefs-caster uses Python. To install it open a terminal and type the following
easy_install briefs-caster
If you use Pip (recommended), alternatively run this
pip install briefs-caster
Note you may need to sudo these commands on your system.
Usage
We’re going to assume that you’ve installed Briefs and have started using it. You should be to the point that you have a *.brieflist file that you’ve created by first using the bs script and then the compact-briefs script.
Let’s pretend it’s in a directory called ~/my_briefs.
Run the briefs-caster from the directory
cd ~/my_briefs briefs-caster
Alternatively you can tell briefs-caster where to serve from
briefs-caster ~/my_briefs
You should see the following output
briefs-caster - Serving up some fine briefs for you Open http://<IP_ADDRESS>:5000 from the Briefs app CTRL-C to exit the server * Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/
In the Briefs app do the following:
Touch My Briefcasts
Touch Edit in the top right
Touch +
Enter Name Briefs-caster example
Enter URL http://127.0.0.1:5000 or if you are not using the same computer this IP may be different (we run the iPhone Simulator with Briefs inside it)
Touch Save
Touch Done
Now you are ready to try it out:
Touch Briefs-caster example cell
If everything went as expected, you should see your list of Briefs.
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0.1
Release date: 23-Sep-2010
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