Request: make it easy to use this tool

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

The installation and running process takes so many steps, including installing of multiple apps.

Please make it easier to use. To me, it doesn't make sense to have Java+python+go installed, and even then, run the whole thing in the web browser...

Maybe make it a part of the IDE ?

[acr92]

I've made a Docker image. You can run:

docker run -p 9999:9999 -it blystad/battery-historian-2

(Source: https://github.com/Blystad/battery-historian-docker )

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

What's "docker" ? Does it work even on Windows OS ?

[acr92]

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/

Long story short, it allows applications to run inside sandboxes, with all their dependencies resolved. So you avoid having to manually install a bunch of things. It's in public beta for Windows at the moment, but it probably works better on Linux and OS X at the moment. There's some thousand videos and online resources on the topic, just a quick Google search away :)

Pro-tip: Developing on OS X/Linux makes dependency installation a lot easier. To the degree that installing dependencies for Battery Historian only requires this command: