paraview-glance-py

This is built off of ParaView Glance.

Installation

Download the stand-alone executable:

Operating System	Executable
Linux	paraview-glance-py.linux.x86_64
macOS	paraview-glance-py.macos.x86_64
Windows	paraview-glance-py.windows.x86_64.exe

Usage

Run the executable. A new tab will open in your web browser with the application user interface.

Development

Build

This has only been tested with python3.

$ git clone git@github.com:KitwareMedical/paraview-glance-py.git
$ cd paraview-glance-py/
$ npm install
$ npm run build:release
$ cd server/
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

To build a standalone executable:

$ pip install pyinstaller

On Windows, also install pywin32:

$ pip install pywin32

Then package as a directory:

$ pyinstaller build/paraview-glance-py.spec

Or as a single file:

$ pyinstaller build/paraview-glance-py-onefile.spec

Run

Simply run the resultant executable dist/paraview-glance-py/paraview-glance-py.

Run web and server separately

For dev purposes, it is better to run the web and server as separate instances for debugging.

In one terminal, build the development version of the webapp:

$ cd paraview-glance-py/
$ npm run dev

In another terminal, run the server.

$ cd paraview-glance-py/server
$ python server.py --port 8181 --no-browser

After the python server starts up, visit http://localhost:9999/?wsServer=ws://localhost:8181/ws to view the webapp. If you get a blank screen, try clearing cache and then refreshing.

Troubleshooting

Library issues when running (linux)

For the prebuilt binaries, this is likely due to the automated build environment using a different version of certain libraries. The easiest workaround is to follow the instructions under "Development" above and build the application locally so pyinstaller can link against local libraries.

The application is still running after closing the tab

Right now the server is set to self-terminate after 5 minutes. Either kill the application manually or wait 5 minutes for the application to self-terminate. Multiple instances of the application will not interfere with one another.