LiveCode server IDE

[Alex Tweedly]

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 at 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
>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
>> Of Keith Clarke via use-livecode
>> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 3:18 AM
>> To: use-livecode at 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
>>
>>
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