[DOC] extras: update readme and server.py doc

extras/readme.md

@@ -3,4 +3,19 @@
 To help work/improve/learn with OWL, we have here:
 
 - a benchmarks application
-- a playground application
+- a playground application
+
+Both of them can be accessed by using a static http server.  A simple python
+server is available in `server.py`.  There is also a npm script to start it:
+`npm run extras`.
+
+## Benchmarks
+
+The benchmarks application is a very small application, implemented in different
+frameworks, and in different versions of Owl.  This is a simple internal tool,
+useful to compare various performance metrics on some tasks.
+
+## Playground
+
+The playground is an important application designed to help learning and
+experimenting with Owl.  It is available [online](https://odoo.github.io/owl/playground/).

extras/server.py

@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ import SimpleHTTPServer
 
 HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 8000
+URL = 'http://{0}:{1}/extras'.format(HOST, PORT)
 
 
+# We define our own handler here to remap owl.js GET requests to the Owl build
+# in dist/.  This is useful for the benchmarks and playground applications.
+# With this, we can simply copy the playground folder as is in the gh-page when
+# we want to update the playground.
 class OWLHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
     def do_GET(self):
         if self.path == '/extras/owl.js':
@@ -24,8 +29,7 @@ def start_server():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     thread.start_new_thread(start_server, ())
-    url = 'http://{0}:{1}/extras'.format(HOST, PORT)
+    webbrowser.open_new(URL)
-    webbrowser.open_new(url)
 
     while True:
         try: