Running Friendlycode – A local instance of Thimble

Here is a breakdown of how to run Friendlycode in 3 (maybe not-so-simple) steps.

Prerequisite: A static file server such as Apache.

Steps:-

1. Download Friendlycode from here.
2. Extract the contents of the friendlycode-gh-pages package into a directory named friendlycode within your file server’s document root. For example, in Apache you might want to put the friendlycode directory inside www/html or www or public_html based upon your Operating System’s preferences.
3. You can then run a trivial embedding of Friendlycode from your browser by navigating to the examples/bare.html file within the friendlycode directory.
   

   Example: http://localhost/friendlycode/examples/bare.html

Additional features in Friendlycode:-

1. Javascript: By default, Friendlycode doesn’t allow JS. An example of an embedding that allows JS and publishes using an alternate API can be run from the examples/alternate-publisher.html file.
   

   Example: http://localhost/friendlycode/examples/alternate-publisher.html

2. Localization: Friendlycode currently uses Transifex for localization. To localize Friendlycode in your language, please visit the Transifex friendlycode project. Any strings you don’t translate will fall-back to English. To try out a localized version run the examples/transifex.html file.
   

   Example: http://localhost/friendlycode/examples/transifex.html

3. Development: If you are a code ninja and want to play around with the dev-repository of Friendlycode, you can checkout the excellent Readme.md file at Atul’s friendlycode repository at Github.
   

Related articles:-

• Localizing Mozilla’s Thimble (michellethorne.cc)
• Using Mozilla Thimble Offline (ant2android.com)