Hi Rajeev, On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 20:54:01 -0800 (PST) Rajeev Prasad <rp.ne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > Has anyone ever used, tinyMCE as web based editor (to run inside the browser) > to edit the perl/php/shell scripts on the server? I am looking for some > direction and advice? I don't know how possible it is, because from what I know tinyMCE is an editor for rich-text syntax (HTML/etc.) and not for code, which is plaintext. That put aside, editing code directly on the server is not a good idea, because: 1. You should be using version control - see http://better-scm.shlomifish.org/ and http://www.slideshare.net/xSawyer/source-code-management-systems . Editing the files directly on the server will interfere with that. 2. You should be using a staging server, where you upload code for testing before actual deployment. 3. Allow the code on the server to be editable using HTTP/HTTPS will open the door for many security problems. ------ All that put aside, I should note that the Mozilla people started working on a web/AJAX-based IDE, but it's currently in its infancy - http://mozillalabs.com/skywriter/ . I would not recommend editing code directly on the production server with it either. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ "The Human Hacking Field Guide" - http://shlom.in/hhfg Larry Wall can program in his sleep. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
