Software Design
Spring 2008

For today you should have:

1) Written a design proposal

2) Read notes16.txt and tried out the examples.

3) Installed Pyro and tried out RemoteObject.py


For Thursday:

1) create a repository for your project (see my email)

2) prepare for the exam


Remote Objects
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1) Download:

   wget http://wb/sd/code/RemoteObject.py

   This contains wrapper classes and some function that I wrote to
   make Pyro easier to use.

   Run it to see if it works.

   Read the documentation:

   pydoc -w RemoteObject
   firefox RemoteObject.html &


2) Test MathServer and MathClient

   Find a partner and decide who will run the client and who
   will run the server.

   2a) If you are the server, disable your firewall (see notes16), then
   
   wget http://wb/sd/code/MathServer.py
   python MathServer.py server_name_here

   The name you provide has to be unique.  If someone else has already
   registered the same name on the name server, you will get an error.

   2b) If you are the client, run

   wget http://wb/sd/code/MathClient.py
   python MathClient.py server_name_here

   The server_name_here you provide should be the name of
   your partner's server.


3) Read the code from MathServer and MathClient and be sure
   you understand how it works.