This provides a server capable of providing a web interface to run Flabbergast code. If you want to try it, visit Flabbergast Fiddle. These instructions are for building your own server.

The application is an ASP.NET application, requiring a working Flabbergast CLR edition.

Install the Mono XSP4 server and then build the project:

apt-get install mono-xsp4
ln -s /usr/share/flabbergast/cli/Flabbergast.*.dll bin
xbuild

There are several deployment options, consult Mono ASP.NET for details. For testing, the easiest is to:

xsp4

and then view in a web browser.

For real deployment, the FastCGI or mod_mono options make better sense.

The Flabbergast environment created is a bit unusual. First, the SQL, and JSON URI schemes are disabled. Also, the library loader will only use pre-compiled libraries, so running sudo update-flabbergast is essential.

The current: URI scheme exposes the login name of the account running the server.

The previously compiled code for every run are held in memory in a per-user session variable. They should be reaped when the session end, since there is no permgen like Java.

There is a timeout for page processing enforced by ASP.NET.