On windows I recommend 'e' which is a copy of 'textmate' which is my recommendation for mac. I bet textmate runs on linux in general but can't promise that.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Mark Gibson <jollyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Daniel, you don't say what OS you use. This can make a big > difference, especially if you're familiar with shell scripting. I use > Ubuntu Linux, have a local apache service running which is configured > out of the box for user dirs (ie. > http://localhost/~mark<http://localhost/%7Emark>- served from > /home/mark/public_html). I have a common dir in there containing > jQuery & UI - these are updated, built and copied there from the svn > working-copies elsewhere in my filesystem by a short custom shell > script. I use rsync to then sync all of this up to a public web-server > hosted by my company. > For editing I use the very understated GEdit which is part of Gnome > desktop, and the snipets plugin - which insert all the boiler plate > html/js I need - I did briefly try a couple of web-dev env's but just > found them annoying. > While on this, I'd be interested to know what editors (or even IDE's) > people use for JS/jQuery work. I've not really found any that can > handle a functional language such as JS all that well. Personally I > can't stand bulky IDE's (such as Eclipse) that insist on managing > projects for you and eat all your resources. > > 2009/3/13 Daniel Friesen <nadir.seen.f...@gmail.com>: > > > > I'm wondering what kind of tricks and setups other people have when they > > are developing with jQuery. > > Be it writing some improvements to jQuery itself, or writing a plugin. > > I'm not really looking for those using jQuery in an application, cause > > that environment is normally just taking a few jQuery files and plugins > > and including that into your existing development environment. > > > > I'm trying to find out how people (plugin and core jQuery developers) > > normally handle their development environment for working on jQuery or a > > jQuery plugin. > > > > Every time I work on another piece for jQuery, I end up creating a new > > html file, which normally consists of either copying some junk from > > another project and modifying it, or constructing a new one by grabbing > > a doctype and a few tags off some references on the internet. I also end > > up grabbing jQuery again to shove in and include. > > As for actually testing stuff, I normally might just go off the > > filesystem, however sometimes that doesn't quite work right, and I end > > up needing to configure a local webserver (normally I just edit the > > config for my local nginx). > > Things get real ugly when working on patches to jQuery core itself. > > Mostly because of needing to `make jquery` all the time. Sometimes I end > > up sitting there for a few minutes trying to figure out "why the hell > > didn't my edit fix this bug?" then realize I forgot to rebuilt jquery > > before I refreshed the page to test it. > > > > All in all, I don't really consider it a nice and clean, or even helpful > > environment. > > For that reason I've actually started experimenting with building a > > Rails app to manage projects and streamline things like creating html > > pages from templates, previewing a page and working on code live, as > > well as nice integration for github forks of jQuery (fork/clone as in > > gitspeak), jQuery svn, and different versions of jQuery. > > > > -- > > ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Christopher Thatcher --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
