Rails - Aug 2009 - Windows users? - Can I run multiple clients of one client-rails-server?

I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been developing in Windows
for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS script/server
session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
browser.
Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow ''pipe''
onto this
DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy grail'' to see if
we can run multi-
user implementations in a Windows environment.
Many thanks,
David

On Aug 4, 2:18 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been developing in
Windows
> for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS script/server
> session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
> browser.
> Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy grail'' to see
if we can run multi-
> user implementations in a Windows environment.
Why would you need to do anything crazy at all - it''s still running a
perfectly normal web server (it may be default bind to localhost but
that''s just an option you pass to script/server)

Fred
> Many thanks,
> David

Fred,
Are you saying there''s a way to call ''ruby
script/server'' with some
extension to make this server apparent to other users on a Windows
network?
I''ve never seen how one can call someone elses'' 127.0.0.1 from
another
machine.
Are you aware of any articles or sources that might shed light on
this?
Thank you,
David

On Aug 4, 7:57 am, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2:18 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been developing
in Windows
> > for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS script/server
> > session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
> > browser.
> > Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> > DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> > Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy grail''
to see if we can run multi-
> > user implementations in a Windows environment.
>
> Why would you need to do anything crazy at all - it''s still
running a
> perfectly normal web server (it may be default bind to localhost but
> that''s just an option you pass to script/server)
>
> Fred
>
> > Many thanks,
> > David

Hi David,

On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 10:58 -0700, InventoryTrackers
wrote:
> Fred,
> Are you saying there''s a way to call ''ruby
script/server'' with some
> extension to make this server apparent to other users on a Windows
> network?
You don''t need an extension.
> I''ve never seen how one can call someone elses'' 127.0.0.1
from another
> machine.
As long as they know your machine''s IP address and you don''t
have your
ports blocked, they can access the app.  Assuming your IP is
XXX.XX.XXX.XX and you start mongrel on port 3000, anyone on your subnet
can access your app by typing http://XXX.XX.XXX.XX:3000 into their
browser address bar.

HTH,
Bill

> Are you aware of any articles or sources that might shed light on
> this?
> Thank you,
> David
> 
> On Aug 4, 7:57 am, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > On Aug 4, 2:18 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been
developing in Windows
> > > for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS
script/server
> > > session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
> > > browser.
> > > Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> > > DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> > > Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy
grail'' to see if we can run multi-
> > > user implementations in a Windows environment.
> >
> > Why would you need to do anything crazy at all - it''s still
running a
> > perfectly normal web server (it may be default bind to localhost but
> > that''s just an option you pass to script/server)
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > David
> >

On Aug 4, 6:58 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Fred,
> Are you saying there''s a way to call ''ruby
script/server'' with some
> extension to make this server apparent to other users on a Windows
> network?
> I''ve never seen how one can call someone elses'' 127.0.0.1
from another
> machine.
Well it won''t be magically visible. You just need to know their ip
address and stick http://something:3000 into a browser (like i said
you might need to make it bind to 0.0.0.0 first)

Fred
> Are you aware of any articles or sources that might shed light on
> this?
> Thank you,
> David
>
> On Aug 4, 7:57 am, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Aug 4, 2:18 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
>
> > > I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been
developing in Windows
> > > for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS
script/server
> > > session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
> > > browser.
> > > Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> > > DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> > > Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy
grail'' to see if we can run multi-
> > > user implementations in a Windows environment.
>
> > Why would you need to do anything crazy at all - it''s still
running a
> > perfectly normal web server (it may be default bind to localhost but
> > that''s just an option you pass to script/server)
>
> > Fred
>
> > > Many thanks,
> > > David

Fred,
That is so cool..thank you.
I can see that a Windows shop could run a Rails application without
having to expose themselves to the scary word LINUX.
I guess the ALPHA user who is running the server on his Windows
machine would run a "ipconfig" to get his IP address and then just
tack on the :3000?
Thanks,
David

On Aug 4, 12:28 pm, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Aug 4, 6:58 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Fred,
> > Are you saying there''s a way to call ''ruby
script/server'' with some
> > extension to make this server apparent to other users on a Windows
> > network?
> > I''ve never seen how one can call someone elses''
127.0.0.1 from another
> > machine.
>
> Well it won''t be magically visible. You just need to know their ip
> address and stickhttp://something:3000into a browser (like i said
> you might need to make it bind to 0.0.0.0 first)
>
> Fred
>
> > Are you aware of any articles or sources that might shed light on
> > this?
> > Thank you,
> > David
>
> > On Aug 4, 7:57 am, Frederick Cheung
<frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 4, 2:18 pm, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been
developing in Windows
> > > > for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS
script/server
> > > > session on my machine and run the Rails application on my
local
> > > > browser.
> > > > Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> > > > DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> > > > Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy
grail'' to see if we can run multi-
> > > > user implementations in a Windows environment.
>
> > > Why would you need to do anything crazy at all - it''s
still running a
> > > perfectly normal web server (it may be default bind to localhost
but
> > > that''s just an option you pass to script/server)
>
> > > Fred
>
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > > David

Hi,

I''ve been running a RoR app for more than a year in a Windows server.
Until now the only thing needed was to run ''ruby
script\server'' on a
DOS session.

The users, around 45, connect from a LAN and few others, around 10, by
VPN access.

The server name is resolved by NetBIOS for local users and by hosts
files on remote users. So the only thing they need is the name or
address of the server.

On Aug 4, 8:18 am, InventoryTrackers
<inventorytrack...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''m one of the unmentionable users that has been developing in
Windows
> for the last 3 years. We all know that I can start a DOS script/server
> session on my machine and run the Rails application on my local
> browser.
> Is there a way that other Windows users could somehow
''pipe'' onto this
> DOS session running and point THEIR browsers to it?
> Obviously, I''m exploring the ''holy grail'' to see
if we can run multi-
> user implementations in a Windows environment.
> Many thanks,
> David

InventoryTrackers wrote:
> Fred,
> That is so cool..thank you.
> I can see that a Windows shop could run a Rails application without
> having to expose themselves to the scary word LINUX.
Yes, but why would you want to?  Linux is a much better server OS than 
Windows.
> I guess the ALPHA user who is running the server on his Windows
> machine would run a "ipconfig" to get his IP address and then
just
> tack on the :3000?
Theoretically.  But don''t do that.  Set up a real dev server. 
Generally
speaking, no one developer on the team should be hosting a public server 
instance on his own box.  If you''re doing this to help share code,
well,
that''s what version control is for.
> Thanks,
> David
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