how to run it

this works for me on a fresh ubuntu VM:

# install some packaged deps

sudo apt-get install \
    git \
    protobuf-compiler python-protobuf \
    python-flask python-twisted \
    python-pymongo mongodb \
    rubygems

# install node

sudo apt-get remove nodejs # the ubuntu version is too old
git clone http://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure
make # takes several minutes
sudo checkinstall
cd ..

# install npm

git clone http://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install # checkinstall doesn't work for some reason
cd ..

# install coffeescript

sudo npm install -g coffee-script

# install sass

sudo gem install sass

# install zoo

git clone git://github.com/adgcfad/zoo.git
cd zoo/py/zoo/common
protoc --python_out proto zoo.proto
cd ../..
python -m zoo.compd &
python -m zoo.webapp
# or if you're fussy, cd py && python stupid_reloader.py

caveats

1. don't run this on a real machine! even flask's debug mode allows arbitrary code execution.
2. it doesn't seem to work on py2.6.

license

some parts of this distribution are externally maintained and covered by their own licenses, for example ace and jquery. the original code is covered by the following license.

Compiler Zoo is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Compiler Zoo is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Compiler Zoo. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.