Ducky Soup

This week has been busy. FYS-Server keeps getting better and better. V5.3 introduces some performance improvements. Also, there are two servers running concurrently which provide higher availability. This version makes the server code very easy and fast to deploy on other servers if needed.

FYS-Server 4.17 has been released. The release should be transparent to FYS-App and the sense there is no need to do any changes on FYS-App to take advantage of the new server. So, what are the changes you may ask. Well for starters, the server now runs on a standalone server which is self-contained. This…

Lately most of the focus had been on the client app (FYS-App) with many improvements related to the installation. However, there has been some considerable work done on the backend. FYS-Server 4.12 introduces changes to improve the reliability of the backend, which produces the data used by FYS-App. With this version, the server can run…

Updating an existing version of FYS-App is very simple, but it is different depending on the OS and the version that you are currently running. Windows: If you are running FYS-App v8.1 of higher that you installed with Setup-fys.exe, there is an UPDATE.bat file in the installation directory. Double-click UPDATE.bat and the Uninstaller will start.…

This version has minor updates to the installation process. Visit the Downloads page for further details.

This version really simplifies the installation process. A Setup file is now used to do an installation of the app and its dependencies. Simply download the Setup file from the Downloads section execute the file.

This version contains an installation script for Windows. The script automatically installs the latest app as well as its requirements. If Python is not installed, the script will download and install Python as well. For details see the Download section.

Modified the Settings window to make it work better on smaller displays.

This release fixes an issue with Mac OSX opening browser links from FYS-App. Now that I have access to a Mac, I am able to find issues like this and take corrective action. Starting with FYS-7.9, the release includes scripts to update the application in a very easy way. In Windows use the File Explorer…

Minor tweaks to improve on Linux and Mac. Fully tested on Window and Debian. Lightly tested on a 10 year old Air Mac running OS X Big Sur (latest version supported on this Mac). The Mac test environment is not optimal, but it allowed me to at least do some testing and develop an installation…