Is there any way to work with code outside the IDE? I’m thinking along two lines of thought here:
Being able to edit and manage code within my favorite editor (so I can get tab completion, syntax checking on write, etc)
Code revision control (git or whatever)
The second one is much more important to me, personally, but could easily be done manually if the first is available. Alternately, if the second one is in the works, is there any plan to handle integration with third-party services via (say) web hooks? I can see a scenario where I can manage my code in GitHub and set a web hook to automatically send it to EI using some unique project / account key. The source file to be used could be standardized as ‘main.nut’ or something.
Yes, github integration is on the wishlist. I’m afraid there are other things we need to get to first though, so it’ll be a little while.
Though the current IDE has its failings, it hasn’t actively prevented people from shipping and as a startup, we’re very focused on making sure the features people need to ship their products are in there…
Agreed on the priorities, but just a note on Github. We happen to use bitbucket, not github, and I know others who use other alternatives. It may be simpler to have an “upload and run” button with a file chooser. Then you can have any editing and source control environment you want. Just choose the two files once, and then the debug cycle consists simply of pressing “upload and run”. It could even be the same Run button, which does the right thing if you’ve configured your source to be pulled from local files.
Yes, we used to have an upload & run button; what might be even nicer is an API so you can curl your code up into there, and just watch the log window for messages?
@Hugo, the curl idea is fantastic. That or something akin to ejeklint’s suggestion would be great. I would think that it would come down to a matter of whether you guys want to run a git server or not. Either way, my guess is that the file upload or git hooks would touch the same backend ‘compile and run’ service.
