Hi Keith,
My workflow is not much different from Ralph's.
Short answer:
- edit in IDE, test in IDE
- upload to server using Coda 2 (which I also use to edit non-lc files).
Long answer:
- I don't use any of the LCserver specific features - no entangled
html, no includes, ... - everything is a regular script-only stack
- I have a test stack that I use in the IDE which lets me specify
which page (and parameters, cookies, etc.) I want, generates the web
page and displays the output in a web browser instance within the
testing stack.
- when satisfied, I use Coda 2 to upload the LC files (I never edit
them in Coda))
- I edit other files (menu definitions, form definitions, web pages,
views, etc.) in Coda2
I use both on-rev and hostM for servers - both have everything already
installed, good support, etc.
(tbh, if on-rev hadn't had a bad patch a few years ago with email
problems, I would probably never have strayed, but it's kind of good to
know that hostM is there as an alternate source in case I need it :-)
Alex.
On 12/10/2020 15:49, Keith Clarke via use-livecode wrote:
Thanks for the response, Ralph.
I've struggled to retain/regain my old local Sites, web server and LC Server on
my home Macs. So, I was thinking of embarking down the script-only stacks
route, using an on-rev LC-Server instance to do any web-services heavy-lifting
work server-to-server, on behalf of client apps that use either LC desktop or
simple html forms.
My html & css 'hackery-pokery' has been on Coda2 to date, but its replacement,
Nova, still lacks any LiveCode autocompletion.
I may need to learn a new text-editing based IDE tool. Thanks for the Atom
suggestion - I see that there's a LiveCode language pack available that
includes LC Server, so that may be a better place to play than VS Code, etc.
Thanks & regards,
Keith
On 12 Oct 2020, at 15:01, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Keith,
As a follow up... If you have a web server with LC installed running on your
local machine then just a ctrl S in the LC IDE will let you test your server
script(stack) immediately in the currently open IDE instance.
IDE alternatives to edit LC script only stacks are many. I use the Atom for
LC builder and html(when Dreamweaver is just to much).
Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Keith Clarke via use-livecode
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 3:18 AM
To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Cc: Keith Clarke
Subject: LiveCode server IDE
Hi folks,
What is the current state of the art regarding LiveCode server IDE -
searching around, this seems down to personal preference of text editor plus
FTP?
I'm Mac-based and looking to experiment with web services.
Thanks and regards,
Keith
Sent from my iPad
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