<p> If you're using Windows, you should get the pre-built version from <ahref="https://github.com/pacman-ghost/vasl-templates/releases"target="_blank">Github</a>, unpack it somewhere, then run <tt>vasl-templates.exe</tt>
<p> If the program won't start because a DLL is missing from your computer, install the <ahref="https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145"target="_blank">VC2015 runtime</a> (get the 32-bit version, <tt>vc_redist.x86.exe</tt>, even if you are running 64-bit Windows).
<p> If you're using Windows, you should get the pre-built version from <ahref="https://github.com/pacman-ghost/vasl-templates/releases">Github</a>, unpack it somewhere, then run <tt>vasl-templates.exe</tt>
<p> If the program won't start because a DLL is missing from your computer, install the <ahref="https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145">VC2015 runtime</a> (get the 32-bit version, <tt>vc_redist.x86.exe</tt>, even if you are running 64-bit Windows).
<p> If you don't see anything in the main window, check the notes below about configuring OpenGL.
<h2> Running from source </h2>
<p> If you're on a Mac or Linux, you can run the program directly from the source code. Get a copy from <ahref="https://github.com/pacman-ghost/vasl-templates"target="_blank">Github</a> in the usual way, by <tt>git clone</tt>'ing it, or downloading a ZIP and unpacking it somewhere.
<p> If you're on a Mac or Linux, you can run the program directly from the source code. Get a copy from <ahref="https://github.com/pacman-ghost/vasl-templates">Github</a> in the usual way, by <tt>git clone</tt>'ing it, or downloading a ZIP and unpacking it somewhere.
<p> The web server was written and tested using Python 3.6, but it doesn't do anything particulaly funky, so any recent version of Python <em>should</em> work.
<p> While not essential, it is <em>strongly</em> recommended that you set up a <ahref="https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/"target="_blank">virtual environment</a> first. Then, install the requirements:
<p> While not essential, it is <em>strongly</em> recommended that you set up a <ahref="https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/">virtual environment</a> first. Then, install the requirements:
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<h4> Running the desktop application </h4>
<p> To run the program as a desktop application, you will need to install Qt 5.10.0. While your distro may have it as a package, I didn't have much luck on Fedora 27, and had to install it manually using their <ahref="https://www.qt.io/download"target="_blank">installer</a>.
<p> To run the program as a desktop application, you will need to install Qt 5.10.0. While your distro may have it as a package, I didn't have much luck on Fedora 27, and had to install it manually using their <ahref="https://www.qt.io/download">installer</a>.
<p> Then, just run the <tt>vasl-templates</tt> command.
<em>VASL Templates</em> makes it easier to set up <ahref="http://vasl.info"target="_blank">VASL</a> scenarios, and we'll show how by walking through a setup of everyone's favorite scenario, <em>Hill 621</em>.
<em>VASL Templates</em> makes it easier to set up <ahref="http://vasl.info">VASL</a> scenarios, and we'll show how by walking through a setup of everyone's favorite scenario, <em>Hill 621</em>.
<p> Click on the screenshot to the right to see the finished scenario, in all it's glory.
<h2> Adding the scenario details </h2>
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The tests use <ahref="http://pytest.org"target="_blank">pytest</a> and Selenium WebDriver, so you will need <tt>geckodriver</tt> and <tt>chromedriver</tt> somewhere in your PATH. The driver to use can be specified via the <tt>--webdriver</tt> parameter, and you can also run the tests headless e.g
The tests use <ahref="http://pytest.org">pytest</a> and Selenium WebDriver, so you will need <tt>geckodriver</tt> and <tt>chromedriver</tt> somewhere in your PATH. The driver to use can be specified via the <tt>--webdriver</tt> parameter, and you can also run the tests headless e.g
<p> Python code is checked using <tt>pylint</tt> (installed during the <tt>pip install</tt> above), which should be run from the root directory of the repo.
<p> Javascript is checked using <ahref="http://jshint.com"target="_blank"><tt>jshint</tt></a>, run using <ahref="https://www.mozilla.org/rhino"target="_blank">Rhino</a>, both of which need to be installed manually. Then, set the <tt>JSHINT_RHINO</tt> environment variable to point to the script that will run <tt>jshint</tt> using Rhino e.g.
<p> Javascript is checked using <ahref="http://jshint.com"><tt>jshint</tt></a>, run using <ahref="https://www.mozilla.org/rhino">Rhino</a>, both of which need to be installed manually. Then, set the <tt>JSHINT_RHINO</tt> environment variable to point to the script that will run <tt>jshint</tt> using Rhino e.g.
