happs-tutorial-0.2: templates/prerequisites.st

<h3>Prerequisites</h3>

<p>For best results with this tutorial, you hopefully have the following.</p>

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  <li>Basic knowledge of haskell and html.</li>
  <li>A somewhat modern computer. I have a PIII laptop with 512M of ram. </li>
  <li>A modern operating system. You should be able to develop haskell applications using windows, mac, or linux. For the record, I work with the latest <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">ubuntu</a> linux distribution, which is currently hardy heron.</li>
  <li>If you want to create a public web site based on the materials here, I recommend getting either a private server (more expensive) or a virtual private server (less expensive) which gives you admin priviliges to install the packages and software you need. I use the cheapest virtual private server plan at <a href="http://www.linode.com">linode</a> to host this tutorial publicly. I wouldn't try hosting a HappS project publicly using a shared hoster like <a href="http://www.dreamhost.com">dreamhost</a> that doesn't give you root powers to administer your server. (Dreamhost is great for other things, like cheap storage for online images.)</li>
  <li>More requirements are described in the instructions for
      <a href="/tutorial/run-tutorial-locally">installing and running this tutorial locally</a>.
      However, if you have the basics ingredients above you should be okay.
   </li>
   <li>Please let me know -- or patch the tutorial -- if I forgot something. I hate getting stuck on some finicky aspect of installation when I am trying to learn something.</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="/tutorial/start-tutorial">Get started!</a></p>


      

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