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SCSS editor, How to install webputty
Hi. i do web design + CMS every day.
Today i found an open source tool that should speed up my workflow. making it quicker to write scss. Its called webPutty:
http://fogcreek.github.io/WebPutty/
but i can't figure out how to install it as it uses python and pin and google app engine.
the install notes are hopeless for my level of skill:
https://github.com/FogCreek/WebPutty/
i have downloaded python and installed it to my windows p.c.
i have downloaded Google App Engine SDK for Python and installed it on my p.c
i have created a app with the app engine.
and i have tried to follow the instructions to update app.yaml and settings.py but its not that obviuse if i did it correct.
now am stuck trying to install pip into python as i haven't done that before and dont know how to start.
this is hard for me as i am not a developer but i really want to try out Webputty. can anyone talk me through the installation or make a screen recording. i can open another question to give more points out if this will be to much to ask.
thanks.
Today i found an open source tool that should speed up my workflow. making it quicker to write scss. Its called webPutty:
http://fogcreek.github.io/WebPutty/
but i can't figure out how to install it as it uses python and pin and google app engine.
the install notes are hopeless for my level of skill:
https://github.com/FogCreek/WebPutty/
i have downloaded python and installed it to my windows p.c.
i have downloaded Google App Engine SDK for Python and installed it on my p.c
i have created a app with the app engine.
and i have tried to follow the instructions to update app.yaml and settings.py but its not that obviuse if i did it correct.
now am stuck trying to install pip into python as i haven't done that before and dont know how to start.
this is hard for me as i am not a developer but i really want to try out Webputty. can anyone talk me through the installation or make a screen recording. i can open another question to give more points out if this will be to much to ask.
thanks.
ASKER
Hi i have installed the above.
i had to get the versions of each that work with python 2.7 as it says to use python 2.7 in the webputty documentation however the command easy_install virtualenv is not working when typed into cmd it says syntax error.
i had to get the versions of each that work with python 2.7 as it says to use python 2.7 in the webputty documentation however the command easy_install virtualenv is not working when typed into cmd it says syntax error.
Can you post the exact error that you're getting? I don't know of any circumstance in which the windows command prompt would ever return syntax error. My guess would be that you're getting back something more like:
easy_install is not recognized as an internal or external command...
If that's the case, then your python scripts directory which contains easy_install isn't in your path. Typically, that directory would be c:\python27\scripts but depending on the flavor of python you've got installed it could be somewhere else. In the command window, type:
where python
Assuming python is in your path, it will spit out something like:
c:\python27\python.exe
The easy_install script is in the scripts subdirectory off your main python path. So in the case above the command to run would be:
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
or if you really only want pip then
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
easy_install is not recognized as an internal or external command...
If that's the case, then your python scripts directory which contains easy_install isn't in your path. Typically, that directory would be c:\python27\scripts but depending on the flavor of python you've got installed it could be somewhere else. In the command window, type:
where python
Assuming python is in your path, it will spit out something like:
c:\python27\python.exe
The easy_install script is in the scripts subdirectory off your main python path. So in the case above the command to run would be:
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
or if you really only want pip then
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
ASKER
I can navigate to C:\Python27\Scripts in windows explorer
but when i type where python into CMD it says: could not find files for this given pattern
so i used: c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
and it installed but now i cant get it to installing fabric e.g:
pip install fabric
please see the screenshot
but when i type where python into CMD it says: could not find files for this given pattern
so i used: c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
and it installed but now i cant get it to installing fabric e.g:
pip install fabric
please see the screenshot
ASKER
Ok i typed:
It should be in your scripts directory.
c:\python27\scripts\pip
But you should probably fix your path. It should include your python installation and the python scripts directory. Add c:\python27;c:\python27\sc
http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-in-windows-7.aspx
c:\python27\scripts\pip
But you should probably fix your path. It should include your python installation and the python scripts directory. Add c:\python27;c:\python27\sc
http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-in-windows-7.aspx
ASKER
I used this
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
but got an error did it install ok?
c:\python27\scripts\easy_i
but got an error did it install ok?
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thanks. i been busy lately so sorry about the wait
1) pywin32 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20218/
2) setuptools - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Both of the above have binary installers, so should be pretty straightforward to install. Setuptools includes something called easy_install. Once it's installed, open up a command prompt and type the following:
Open in new window
That will install virtualenv which includes pip.