You may also want to check out OSDE - an Eclipse plugin made for Gadget development. It contains a copy of a gadget renderer, so you can test your gadget locally before uploading.
Here's the site where you can get more information: http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-development-environment/ ~Arne On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, bickerdyke <[email protected]> wrote: > Just use the text editor of your choice. > > I use Scintilla Text Editor (SciTe) to write my gadgets and the build- > in windows ftp to upload the gadgets to my webspace to test them. > > if you're desperate enough, you can even use notepad. But a text > editor geared more towards html-development would be recommended. > > Google for "texteditor html". Pick one. > > > Testing gadgets is a much bigger problem. Gadgets can only be run > inside a gadget container. You can either do a (more or less) "public" > testing by uploading your gagdet and running it inside your real > iGoogle (or embedded in an iGoogle container on your website --> > syndication) or you have to set up your own test environment complete > with webserver and gagdet container. (IIRC "shinding" is the name of > one) > > Feel free to contact me if you have more questions. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
