Running the Web Application

User

After installing skijumpdesign type:

$ skijumpdesign

to run the web application. This should launch the application on your computer’s port 8050. You can view the application by visiting http://localhost:8050 in your preferred web browser. <CTRL + C> will stop the server.

Developer

The bin/skijumpdesign entry point is not available unless you install the software. The following shows how to launch the app from the Python file.

In a terminal

Navigate to the skijumpdesign directory on your computer:

$ cd /path/to/skijumpdesign

Activate the custom Conda environment with:

$ conda activate skijumpdesign-lib-dev

Now run the application with:

(skijumpdesign-lib-dev)$ python -m skijumpdesign.app

You should see something like:

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:8050/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Open your web browser and enter the displayed URL to interact with the web app. Type <CTRL>+C in the terminal to shutdown the web server.

In Spyder

Open Anaconda Navigator, switch to the skijumpdesign-lib-dev environment, and then launch Spyder. Set the working directory to the /path/to/skijumpdesign directory. In the Spyder IPython console execute:

In [1]: run skijumpdesign/app.py

If successful, you will see something like:

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:8050/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Open your web browser and enter the displayed URL to interact with the web app.

To shutdown the web app, close the tab in your web browser. Go back to Spyder and execute <CTRL>+C to shutdown the web server.