MODx and IDE's

Hello,

our developers are happy with MODx, but are getting annoyed with the fact that they cannot use an IDE to develop directly for MODx, but instead have to code in the browser. Right now their solution is often to create snippets that only are an include statement to a file on the server, and use their IDE’s to work on these files. Isn’t there a nicer way to integrate IDE’s with MODx development?

Olaf

what IDE do yo guys use?

Maybe there is a option to create a plugin for your IDE so that it will connect to the database of modx.
I remember that I’ve seen something like this before on the internet, but I can’t remember where it was.

I would be interested in the same solution you are looking for, it will save a lot time and clicking while you are developing a site

Quote from: MediaGuy at Aug 21, 2008, 03:31 AM

what IDE do yo guys use?

Maybe there is a option to create a plugin for your IDE so that it will connect to the database of modx.
I remember that I’ve seen something like this before on the internet, but I can’t remember where it was.

I would be interested in the same solution you are looking for, it will save a lot time and clicking while you are developing a site

that would indeed be a nice solution! Dunno if something like that is available though? A quick google search didn’t show up anything

Olaf

Quote from: olafmol at Aug 21, 2008, 03:36 AM

Quote from: MediaGuy at Aug 21, 2008, 03:31 AM

what IDE do yo guys use?

Maybe there is a option to create a plugin for your IDE so that it will connect to the database of modx.
I remember that I’ve seen something like this before on the internet, but I can’t remember where it was.

I would be interested in the same solution you are looking for, it will save a lot time and clicking while you are developing a site

that would indeed be a nice solution! Dunno if something like that is available though? A quick google search didn’t show up anything

Olaf

What IDE do you use? I think it was Eclipse which could use this database connection to change database records like it is a file

Quote from: MediaGuy at Aug 21, 2008, 03:45 AM

Quote from: olafmol at Aug 21, 2008, 03:36 AM

Quote from: MediaGuy at Aug 21, 2008, 03:31 AM

what IDE do yo guys use?

Maybe there is a option to create a plugin for your IDE so that it will connect to the database of modx.
I remember that I’ve seen something like this before on the internet, but I can’t remember where it was.

I would be interested in the same solution you are looking for, it will save a lot time and clicking while you are developing a site

that would indeed be a nice solution! Dunno if something like that is available though? A quick google search didn’t show up anything

Olaf

What IDE do you use? I think it was Eclipse which could use this database connection to change database records like it is a file

all over the place, some use Notepad++, some use Eclipse.... we’re still in the process of finding a standard here. What plugin for eclipse would give the above functionality?

Olaf

One solution is to have a local install of MODx on your machine and use the "include" technique your people are already using. You can edit the files in place in your editor of choice and then see the effects on the local site with a browser open in a different window. Just remember to have the documents uncached until you’re done working so the changes will show up right away.

If you use the "include" statement in your remote site, when you have things the way you want them, you can just upload the files from within the editor and you’re done (any decent editor should have that capability).

Quote from: BobRay at Aug 21, 2008, 04:06 AM

One solution is to have a local install of MODx on your machine and use the "include" technique your people are already using. You can edit the files in place in your editor of choice and then see the effects on the local site with a browser open in a different window. Just remember to have the documents uncached until you’re done working so the changes will show up right away.

If you use the "include" statement in your remote site, when you have things the way you want them, you can just upload the files from within the editor and you’re done (any decent editor should have that capability).

that’s what they’re doing already, but it’s not really a elegant solution imho

MODx Revolution introduces Static Resources, which are documents mapped directly to files.

Quote from: splittingred at Aug 21, 2008, 07:46 AM

MODx Revolution introduces Static Resources, which are documents mapped directly to files.

Just documents or any of the resources (snippets etc..)?

Quote from: doze at Aug 21, 2008, 08:26 AM

Just documents or any of the resources (snippets etc..)?

Currently just Resources (documents). Elements (snippets/chunks, etc) no - but planned in a later version.