[plt-scheme] accessing a running web server

Finally got a moment to check this out, and so far it's working great!
 I'll continue using it in my normal workflow, and report to you if I
encounter any issues or come up with any improvements.

Thanks for the pointer,

Rob



On Jan 23, 2008 4:11 PM, Dave Gurnell <d.j.gurnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Have a look at the "net-repl.plt" package on PLaneT and see if it does
> what you want:
>
>      http://planet.plt-scheme.org/display.ss?package=net-repl.plt&owner=untyped
>
> If not, please send an email to Noel (copied above) or myself. We had
> a first stab at it but haven't used it in anger yet.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Dave
>
>
> > You could do something like this, but you'd have to code it up
> > yourself.
> >
> > Essentially, you could put `(eval (read-from-string string-from-web))'
> > and do all that. You'd want to password protect it, etc, of course.
> > But it is do-able. As for a `telnet' interface, you could write a
> > telnet in Scheme.
> >
> > This is all do-able, but not easily, like in say... Seaside.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > On Jan 23, 2008 2:19 PM, Rob Hunter <rob.hunter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm interested in being able to access a running PLT Scheme web
> >> server.  In particular, I'm hoping to be able to do something like
> >> both of the following:
> >>
> >> 1)
> >>
> >> ... some web server code ...
> >> (debug-console)
> >> ... more code ...
> >>
> >> When debug-console is invoked, I get some sort of "shell" access,
> >> where I can enter in Scheme expressions and have these expressions
> >> evaluated as if they were written in the original program at the
> >> point
> >> of the debug-console call.
> >>
> >> 2) The ability to "telnet" or otherwise attach to a running server,
> >> and be able to enter expressions, perhaps even changing definitions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Rob
>
>