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Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Post by johnyzee »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #14
rogerbinns wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most annoying thing is the name. Putty is a well known SSH client and terminal emulator. On seeing the name WebPutty I'd believed Putty had been ported to a web interface.

Same here. Would have just upvoted, but upvote counts aren't visible and people are replying to disagree. I figured this was a web-based SSH terminal, which is pretty cool. Adding "Web" prefix to a popular product's name pretty clearly implies a web port.

First thing I thought, I was quite confused.

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Post by tghw »

frogtown wrote: post #20
tghw wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not a question. :)

OK, i'll bite. How did the product get the name, WebPutty? No need to answer if this question is wasting useful development time.

It's just the idea of making the web, specifically your site, a little more malleable, that you can quickly morph how it looks.

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Post by tghw »

1123581321 wrote: post #17

Thanks for open-sourcing it. I wanted to use it but couldn't find a way to use a tool that didn't play with source control. It didn't work for sites too simple to need Git because it only hosted CSS and thus made the project too complex.

There were always plans to integrate it with Kiln's commit API (https://developers.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W166#toc_18) but unfortunately, the resources were not there.

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

#24

Post by web_chops »

ra3don92 wrote: post #18
web_chops wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not for editing the whole website, but we have launched a web widget editor recently ( http://designduke.com ). You can edit individual HTML widgets like buttons, input boxes, forms etc :)

Neat! I would like to point out that the intro text right under the header is a bit hard to read with that blue background.

Thanks! let me find a more readable color

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

#25

Post by mhp »

donw wrote: post #19

This is just yet one more example how Fog Creek, as a company, consistently demonstrates that they are a classy bunch of guys. They treat their customers and developers well, Joel has contributed quite a bit of knowledge to the startup community, and on top of that, open-sourcing a dead product so that its fans can keep it going should they want to.

Thanks for your comments. The two devs who built the entire site, and pushed for open sourcing it are amazing people, and we're lucky to get to work with them.

We're hiring BTW. Need more Trello devs. Check out our tech stack: http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/ and join us if you find it interesting.

http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Post by freehunter »

rogerbinns wrote: post #7
tghw wrote: post #3

WebPutty dev here. Feel free to shoot us any questions here on HN or on twitter @webputty.

The most annoying thing is the name. Putty is a well known SSH client and terminal emulator. On seeing the name WebPutty I'd believed Putty had been ported to a web interface.

I had never heard of WebPutty until this post, and when I saw the headline I got excited that I could install PuTTY and use it in my browser. I understand where the devs got the name as explained in the post down below this, but even clever names need to have some consideration of existing product names.

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

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Post by thestranger »

tghw wrote: post #3

WebPutty dev here. Feel free to shoot us any questions here on HN or on twitter @webputty.

I'm following the step-by-step instructions to run it on my google app engine account, but I get an error when I run "fab deploy." It asks me for my email and does a bunch of stuff, but then this happens:

Zipping ziplibs. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/fabric/main.py", line 712, in main args, kwargs

  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/fabric/tasks.py", line 327, in execute
    results[''] = task.run(*args, **new_kwargs)

  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/fabric/tasks.py", line 112, in run
    return self.wrapped(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/Users/swiss/webapps/WebPutty/fabfile.py", line 53, in decorated_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/Users/swiss/webapps/WebPutty/fabfile.py", line 66, in deploy
    ziplibs(env.deploy_path)

  File "/Users/swiss/webapps/WebPutty/fabfile.py", line 178, in ziplibs
    os.path.walk(to_zip, add_file, (zip_file, os.path.dirname(to_zip)))

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 224, in walk
    func(arg, top, names)

  File "/Users/swiss/webapps/WebPutty/fabfile.py", line 177, in add_file
    zip_file.write(os.path.join(dir_name, name), os.path.join(dir_name[len(common_base):], name))

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py", line 1024, in write
    fp = open(filename, "rb")
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory

Any idea what the problem is?

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

#29

Post by exim »

mhp wrote: post #25
donw wrote: post #19

This is just yet one more example how Fog Creek, as a company, consistently demonstrates that they are a classy bunch of guys. They treat their customers and developers well, Joel has contributed quite a bit of knowledge to the startup community, and on top of that, open-sourcing a dead product so that its fans can keep it going should they want to.

Thanks for your comments. The two devs who built the entire site, and pushed for open sourcing it are amazing people, and we're lucky to get to work with them. We're hiring BTW. Need more Trello devs. Check out our tech stack: http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/ and join us if you find it interesting. http://www.fogcreek.com/careers.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

from "Make Better Software: Recruiting", Joel Spolsky.

This is actually quite discouraging regarding applying for a full-time job at FogCreek.

Many people don't hate their current jobs but still are looking for better opportunities. And it's a good thing.

Re: Fogcreek is shutting down webputty.net and has pushed the source code to github

#30

Post by nikcub »

thestranger wrote: post #28
tghw wrote: post #3

WebPutty dev here. Feel free to shoot us any questions here on HN or on twitter @webputty.

I'm following the step-by-step instructions to run it on my google app engine account, but I get an error when I run "fab deploy." It asks me for my email and does a bunch of stuff, but then this happens: Zipping ziplibs. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/fabric/main.py", line 712, in main args, kwargs File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/fabric/tasks.py", line 327, in exec…

It is attempting to zip a directory in the fabfile. You don't need to zip the contents of an app to deploy it. Try deploying using the SDK directly with:

$ python2.5 appcfg.py -A appname update .

replace 'appname' with the name of the app you registered.

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