Install and run

These are instructions to install and run the StartNewModule tool.

Prerequisites

In order to run StartNewModule you will need to have installed:

• Python (version 2.6 or 2.7)

Installer

StartNewModule is available as an installer for Windows. You can download the installer from the downloads page, double click on it and follow the instructions. This will install StartNewModule on your machine. You can then run it from the start menu.

Run from source

To modify and run StartNewModule from source, we recommend using Eclipse (see Developing with Eclipse).

1. Install the prerequisites listed above and wxPython (version 2.8)
2. Either:
   • Checkout the StartNewModule repository using a Git client,
   • Download the zip file from the downloads page.
3. Execute the application from the location where the repository was checkout out by typing the following command line: python StartNewModule.py.

Extra files

When first run, StartNewModule will create a .startnewmodule folder in the user folder. This folder contains:

• log.txt: the StartNewModule log file (its configuration is in resources/logging.conf),

Note

wxPython blocks us using a version of python superior to 2.7 and does not seem to anticipate the update for now (see http://wiki.wxpython.org/TentativeRoadmap).