[Tutor] Turning a "script" into an "application"

[Alan Gauld]

> Rather than use Windows to control my script's behavior, 
> I would like to add some larger control method to it so 
> it can have persistent (in memory) data, the ability to 
> control scan parameters from within the application, 
> the ability to stop and start scans from within the
> application, save captured data to file, etc.  

None of this is difficult, just write a wrapper application 
around what you have, leave it running and get it to invoke 
the current app at a timed interval. The only need for 
threads would be if the current app takes a long time to 
run in which case it should run in the background to 
prevent the control app from "locking up" while the scan 
runs.

> I would like to leave interface options open 
> (text, GUI, web, etc).

Always a good idea to separate presentation from logic, 
but you might want to consider multiple applets for each 
presentation, each calling the same underlying set of 
components/modules.

Alan G.