Hi Alex, Thanks for the description of your workflow, toolset and dev/test rig - an interesting direction of travel, especially as it extends to my current setup.
I really like the division of labour between the LC IDE for LC and Coda for html, CSS and native sync to server. Nice too, the 'closed-loop environment, with the local test stack that can call, display (and if necessary interrogate) specific rendered web pages. So, my learning path moves on, from tools to building out my own dev/test scaffolding and moving my thinking from LC stacks with UI to script-only stacks in an LC Server CGI context serving web forms. Plenty of reading to do! :-) Thanks & regards, Keith > On 12 Oct 2020, at 20:51, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >>> preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
