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Etherpad CentOS installation
Nuba has written a fantastic guide for installing Etherpad onto CentOS – I recommend you follow that before reading this.
My problem is that the JAR wouldn’t compile on my box.
I ran into a problem, my box wouldn’t let me use fsc (Fast Scala Compiler) so I had to change the fsc references to use scalac(Scala Compiler) then I could compile the JAR. I also had to use JAR instead of FastJAR
This isn’t a guide as such, just an overview of how I fixed the problems I had.
Apple products will revolutionize your #fail
Such a knowledge #fail Posted on Becta Public ICT Forum
The thought of teachers writing apps for the ipad cracks me up…
My response read:
Graham are you aware that to develop an app for an ipad/phone/touch you need an apple laptop/workstation? How are pupils/teachers going to start making apps if in you have replaced their computer?
I disagree entirely that these devices will replace workstations/netbooks/notebooks/laptops (whatever) – they will complement your existing technology.
Finally, in my opinion apple won’t win out in the tablet market, why would they when you could buy a HP tablet and already have a wealth of learning tools available or even an open source device that is android powered and have a mass market of free excellent tools?
RE the environmental issue, in the words of our favourite mayor, what a “load of codswobble”
Drag and drop in flash objects on android
Does anyone know if its possible to drag and drop in flash on android. I want to play a flash game on my phone and it appears that the click and drag functionality doesn’t exist or isn’t supported?
Am I missing something?
The HTC Hero comes shipped with Flash Lite, sound and video works although some games are a bit too heavy for the graphics processor to handle.
Etherpad with Shibboleth Authentication (Technical document)
I want to login to Etherpad with my UK federation/Shibboleth login.
Firstly I need to get my SP working.
Configure SP & Apache initially..
I need to configure Tomcat to use Shibboleth for Authentication configure Jetty to use Shibboleth Authentication.
Once this is done I will have the users attributes as environment variables.
Now I have the variables I need to create a script to check the variables and create an account if required. All sounds pretty simple right? Let’s hope so, as I make progress I will document my changes.
I’m referring to the LDAP plugin patch code for how to handle “talking to etherpad”.
ETA is 3/4 weeks. Sucks that I need to use Apache but oh well!!
Note: Etherpad runs on Jetty, not Tomcat and doesn’t require Apache. It is the shibboleth element of this that requires Apache to operate.
Note: Thanks to nuba for reminding me about Jetty.