Maybe try "Happy Hour", it runs on Google Gears. Ive just started doing all my dev live though....
On May 12, 10:07 pm, Chris Chabot <chab...@google.com> wrote: > If OSDE doesn't work out for you (It is a great tool though, so might be > worth giving another chance), you could also try php-shindig + partuza as a > local development setup.. use that and ?nocache=1 on the url's and you have > a pretty good 'real like' test environment. > > Seehttp://www.chabotc.com/guides/shindig_and_partuza_on_mac/for a setup > guide, and if you run into any issues with it, feel free to ping us on the > shindig-dev list > (http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/community/getting-help.html) > > Goodluck! > > -- Chris > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Robert Gravina > <robert.grav...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > 2009/5/11 András Bártházi <barthazi.and...@gmail.com>: > > > > Hi, > > > >> What is the recommended best practice for setting up a development > > >> environment for developing opensocial apps? Deploying to a server and > > >> then reloading in an container like iGoogle everytime I make a change > > >> is just too slow for real development. > > > > I have tried doing it this way, and I can agree that it's not the best > > > practice. However worked. :) > > > > Anyway, I recommend you OSDE: > > > http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-development-environment/ > > > I know about OSDE, and it's a great tool but: > > > 1) My application files are dynamically generated, and not all on one > > place. OSDE expects that you create an application entirely within an > > Eclipse project, but my XML files are generated based on application > > logic in a rails app. Is this crazy? Something tells me I'm not doing > > this the right way if it makes developing these apps difficult. > > > 2) I don't particularly like working in Eclipse... Java is very slow > > on the Mac. :) > > > It seems that my only real options are: > > > 1) Use Shindig (I'm doing this with some success, but I'm seeing all > > sort of errors of Shindig in Firebug, even when running sample > > applications. I also get "don't be evil" whenever I try to use > > gadgets.makeRequest to an external server (e.g. to get an RSS feed), > > and haven't been able to find out how to work around this. From all > > descriptions I've seen of Shindig it's meant for container developers, > > not application developers, and just works as a testing tool as a > > bonus (is this correct?). > > > 2) Continously deploy to a remote server and run in iGoogle sandbox > > etc. This is extremely slow, and really unproductive. I've seen > > developers use Dropbox on the Mac so that their local dir is > > web-accessible (and therefore can keep hitting refresh in iGoogle > > etc.). Again, this seems like a hackish way to develop. > > > Anyway, sorry if this sounds a little negative.. I probably just need to > > RTFM. > > > Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
