What IDE are you using?

[initials]

I've downloaded Phaser (which looks awesome!). I've got the test suite running using XAMPP. That's all cool.

 

Now I want to start working on loading Tiled TMX files and doing some other work to get Super Lemonade Factory happening.

 

My question is, what IDE are you using. I can see the the Tests.csproj file and assume it's a Visual C# project, but my copy of Visual C# 2010 gives me this error: "This project cannot be opened. This installation doesn't support this type of file."

 

There's also the Sublime Text project file, but I'm not sure what to do with it.

 

What's your setup for developing?

[Chris]

I am pretty sure rich uses VisualStudio for development, but the peoject isn't a C project

Its written in JavaScript, so any editor that supports JavaScript will do. VisualStudio is fine, but VisualC# wont work.

Dependend on your OS and preferences there are a whole lot of Editors and/or IDEs you can choose from; TextMate, Notepad++, SublimeText, Eclipse, Aptana, VisualStudio, WebStorm, even Dreamweaver to name a few ones.

[initials]

Ok thanks! 

I'm using Eclipse for python dev, so I might give that a go first.

[rich]

Phaser was built in TypeScript, but you don't have to use that to build your game. Honestly if you are used to Visual Studio I would though! because you'll get complete FlashDevelop level code-completion, parameter help, compile time errors and it just makes things a lot quicker to build!

 

You can use the free version of Visual Studio for Web and get the TypeScript plugin too. Then just open the csproj file and have a look at the code.

 

If you'd rather use plain JavaScript then Sublime2 is the best imho.

[Chris]

If I can make a suggestion: give WebStorm a try. It left all other IDEs behind in the dust after I tried it.

I use SublimeText for quick edits of single files.

[Ezelia]

@initials you'll need Visual Studio 2012 to open the project  

 

if you don't have a licence download VS2012 web (it's the equivalent of VS2010 express but for web developement)

 

then install typescript official plugin to get integrated TS support, I also recommande Web essentials VS add-on but I don't know if it works with VS2012 free edition

[EmployeeNumber8]

If I can make a suggestion: give WebStorm a try. It left all other IDEs behind in the dust after I tried it.

I use SublimeText for quick edits of single files.

 

 

+1 for Webstorm

+1 for Sublime Text

 

I'm on the same setup as Chris.

[initials]

Awesome help here! Thanks. This is going to get me on my way. Webstorm seems to be popular, but I'm going to start with Visual Studio for web.

 

I'm still new to HTML5 so thanks to everyone for helping get me started.

[deis]

WebStorm has some issues with TypeScript still. Supposedly they have them fixed in their internal builds right now, but they haven't released the updates to the public yet. Hopefully soon because I am falling in love with WebStorm.

[Chris]

I haven't tried out TypeScript with PHP/WebStorm yet. Is it already natively built in, or are you using the plugin?

[deis]

It is a native feature in WebStorm v6+. It is still maturing but knowing JetBrains, it will eventually put the Visual Studio plugin to shame. I have setup some Watchers in WebStorm that auto-compiles my TypeScript files and then sends them through UglifyJS and copies to my build folders. It is quite a good feeling to have it all so automated.

[Ezelia]

Same here but with VS2012

TypeScript to JS with VS plugin then compiled with Google Closure compiler using a custom build event

 

the question is not : what IDE you use, but how do you use it

[initials]

Thanks everyone. I'm sticking with Visual Studio for now. I'm a hobbyist with HTML5 so I don't need full power right now.

 

I'm still having trouble with IIS, it displays my main .php file as plain text.

 

I'm googling, but if this is a simple problem let me know. Oh, I already installed php5

[Chris]

Go to apachefriends.de and download a copy of xampp light. Start the control panel app, hit the start button and you have a running apache + php + mysql stack with nearly zero configuration.

[Noid]

Go to apachefriends.de and download a copy of xampp light. Start the control panel app, hit the start button and you have a running apache + php + mysql stack with nearly zero configuration.

There's also EasyPHP. It's as easy or easier to set up than xampp and it has a nice web based admin panel and allows you to switch php versions with a single click.

[Chris]

Easier to set up?

Wow. Because XAMPP light is just extracting a ZIP file...

[initials]

Thanks, I've used Xampp before and it worked straight away, unlike IIS which I still don't understand. I am up and running with Phaser, and working on doing some demos with my Super Lemonade Factory sprites.

[zimbres]

Hum... I am a little confused. May someone help me?
I'm getting to know html5 land yet, and the phaser idea looks very interesting. Im personally interested on that Nintendo Framework, that looks like to wrap html5 work on apps for WiiU.

 

If I choose the TypeScript path, it will get a little harder to try that Nintendo Framework when it comes out, for example? I dont know if I'm talking bullshit, this html5 thing is really new to me.

[rich]

No idea re: Nintendo framework and TypeScript, but you don't have to use TypeScript - in fact you will probably get started faster if you just use plain JavaScript and a good editor (WebStorm is very good, as is Sublime Text 2)

[zimbres]

Thanks for the reply Davey! I was reading your posts under HTML5 category on photonstorm.com.

But are you sure plain javascript is a good start? The genius here discovered that js does not have all that good oop on it, and that scares me a lot! The microsoft video on TypeScript looks convincing.

 

Or maybe it's better to get some js first to know whats under the table?

[mackaydev]

Is there anyone that uses WebStorm over Visual Studio? I have VS 2012 already but is there something in WebStorm that I'd be missing out on?

[rich]

WebStorm has some really good features sorely lacking in Visual Studio including a structure view of your project (being able to see what methods exist in a class and jump to them). It also has jsdoc support, inserting comment blocks automatically. It also has VERY good code inspection - it will warn you if a variable goes un-used, if there is complex code or too deeply nested structures and all sorts. Very nice features for sure. On the downside it's much slower than Visual Studio in actual use and you can't actually compile your typescript from it and don't get compiler errors, which is a bit annoying tbh.

[mackaydev]

WebStorm has some really good features sorely lacking in Visual Studio including a structure view of your project (being able to see what methods exist in a class and jump to them). It also has jsdoc support, inserting comment blocks automatically. It also has VERY good code inspection - it will warn you if a variable goes un-used, if there is complex code or too deeply nested structures and all sorts. Very nice features for sure. On the downside it's much slower than Visual Studio in actual use and you can't actually compile your typescript from it and don't get compiler errors, which is a bit annoying tbh.

Ok thanks, I have resharper for VS which provides most of the functionality you mentioned like unused variables (well at least for C# which I do most of my work in, haven't tried it for JS/TS).

 

I'll probably wait and see then, sounds like both need to mature some

[retrogamer4ever]

Wow... Seems to be a lot of windows people here :-P Already starting to feel out of place, haha. I am on a Mac and my tool of choice for this sort is NetBeans. It's free, multi-platform and the latest build has lovely support for HTML5/js stuff. Not to mention it has great support for java, php, C++, and more :-) Great plugin community as well. 

[rich]

Quite a few people here use WebStorm on OS X the latest version has good TypeScript support.