node-mirror

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Description

Develop your App completely within the Browser.
Administrate your Server and edit your Code from where ever you are.

NodeMirror is a IDE utilizing CodeMirror.net, pty.js and other cool libraries.

I wrote it to fit the needs of a Developer and to make maximal usage of the CodeMirror Editor library.
Giving you a Powerful IDE and Admin tool.

Ever asked yourself which Editor you should choose? This is trying to answer that Question once and for all ;)

Requirements

• a Unix / Windows Computer
• node.js
• the ability to start a node.js app

Optional

• you need imagemagick installed on your machine to view images

Customizablity

NodeMirror is open Source. You can easily customize it to your needs.
Everything is a module. If you are missing some functionality let me know or fork it and write a module.

features include:

• view / edit all content/types supported by CodeMirror.net

• view / edit all files in text mode or download them

• html tester / analyzer

• .less tester / .less online help / save your .less file immediately as .css file

• awesome hexeditor

• integrated pegjs parser debugger

• download directories as zip files

• Terminals (!)

• more ...

Files Module

For every Content Type where a CodeMirror Mode exists, a CodeMirror instance will be opened. Also every content Type starting with text/* will be opened using CodeMirror.
For all other files there is a download button or a Hex Editor.
If a file is opened for which no native Text Mode exists it will be opened in a Hex Editor. You can switch between hex view and text view.

Terminal Module

utilizing pty.js nodeMirror allows you to have several terminals within your browser. the Terminals will stay open when you close your browser window. You can even have the same terminal open on different browsers / machines opening new possibilities for collaboration.

Debug Module

this is early beta. feel free to play with it. basic breakpoint / exception and stepdebugging works.

Security

pass username and password to secure your local files from being hacked

Usage

npm install node-mirror  
  
node node_modules/node-mirror/bin/nodeMirror.js --port 3000 --dir /home/sol/projects --username sol --password mysupersecretpassword

http://127.0.0.1:3000/  

miscellaneous

i am using this for my development so you can expect more.

the npm distribution is a release build
check out my git page to get the development version which you can use to customize NodeMirror
call the build script to make your own version of NodeMirror

cd build  
./build.sh  

to switch of the terminal or the experimental debugger use this command line parameters

node node_modules/node-mirror/bin/nodeMirror.js --no-terminal --no-debug

Special Thanks

• CodeMirror ( http://codemirror.net/ )
  for creating the most developer friendly editor

• pty.js ( https://github.com/chjj/pty.js )
  for making terminals in node.js possible

• all the contributers, testers and users
  for making this a great IDE

screenshots

Browse your project folder

edit JavaScript with online Syntax Check

edit huge Files with the Hex Editor

Yes you can use midnight commander in your Browser with your Mouse(!)
Thank you pty.js

Have less online help available while testing your less file before saving it parallel as .less and .css file.

test and analyse your HTML

try out that cool parser you just wrote

whats to expect for 0.2?

• JavaScript debugging

• more CodeMirror feature integrations

contemporaty

• 0.1.8 has a new folder view. actually its 2 views now: list and details. the list view is a css hack. i was wondering if there are any issues with it on modern browsers. if so, pls report them.
  also pls give feedback if you like the color coding. i believe representing files as icons is a deadend. i tried to make the filetype intuitive by color coding different types. tell me what you think.

Contributions welcome!

i am a good coder but my gui designs are poor.
while i am happy about all kinds of contributions i especially ask for icon designs / css.

License

BSD