Статья за ноябрь | November article

en/news/2024-11_pskov-again.md

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+Title: Back to the development of "PSKOV"
+Date: 2024-11-14 00:00
+Category: News
+Slug: pskov-again
+Lang: en
+
+![lha][lha]
+
+# "PSKOV" today
+
+Now, we have an old "PSKOV" version and we need an improved one.
+
+First, we should recall what "PSKOV" consists of:
+
+1. The [generator][pskov-en] itself in the form of HTML page with JavaScript
+1. Helper [Python script][lfsa-en] to save generated files to disk
+
+Helper script is used to bypass web page restriction to access
+local file system.
+
+The script itself is a tiny web server with the following commands:
+
+| № | Command | Details |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | `GET /path` | Get current working directory path |
+| 2 | `POST /list` | Get a list of files in the requested directory  |
+| 3 | `POST /read` | Get file's contents |
+| 4 | `POST /write` | Write file's contents |
+
+# "PSKOV" tomorrow
+
+Thus, the simplest way to get back to "PSKOV" development is to rewrite the
+helper script. I decided to replace Python with Kotlin because:
+
+1. Kotlin can be compiled for desktop, mobile, and web
+1. Kotlin is strictly typed
+
+These two factors simplify future work with portable code.
+
+As of now, I have `GET /path` implemented for JVM, macOS, and Windows (image
+in the beginning).
+
+# November
+
+I plan to implement the following commands in November:
+* `POST /list`
+* `POST /read`
+
+[lha]: ../../images/2024_lha-path.gif
+[pskov-en]: https://opengamestudio.org/pskov/en/pskov_1.0.0.html
+[lfsa-en]: https://opengamestudio.org/lfsa/en/index.html