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re: Anyone here use Brackets for making websites?

Posted on 9/12/20 at 3:59 pm to
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
24825 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 3:59 pm to
Update if anyone even care.

Using the program and love the program.

Improvements.
FTP without opening another program. Uploads directly to the correct folder. So no accidentally uploading a group of files to the wrong directory and then having to find and delete them.

Search and Search and replace is for subfolders and have the option of replacing all or viewing and replacing only the ones I want to replace.

css peek allows me to see the css code for my classes without having to navigate to the css folder then open the file.

minimize and beautify files (or even parts of files) from within the program.

Checks my code for errors without having to run it through an online html validator.

I need picture aspect ratio's to set classes for some of the pictures. I can check the aspect ratio from within the program... no opening gimp just to get the aspect ratio.

Like the (now that I understand) ability to view a file and have it close upon the opening of the next file. Helpful when looking around a bunch of files looking for a snippet to copy.

Warnings on things that aren't errors. This helped me eliminate code that is in css file that is used on every page. Original code was valid, but there was a better way of doing it that allowed me to trim the css file size.

I have critical css in the header of each page. This code is minimized. It takes up a bunch of lines on the screen. In my old program scrolling would make the whole block jump at once, but with vs code the block of text all one one line but wrapped scrolls as if each line is a separate line which is a hundred times less annoying.

Thanks for the help.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28997 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 4:25 pm to
I really appreciate the update. I always worry that people won't like my suggestions or advice, and it's nice to hear when it works out! That is a nice list of features that improve your workflow!


Also, not sure if you use version control, but VSCode also has nice git integration.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
24825 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:48 pm to
quote:

Also, not sure if you use version control, but VSCode also has nice git integration.


Well since I don't have a clue what you are talking about, I'm going to say I don't use version control.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28997 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:30 pm to
It's basically "undo" on steroids.

You have a "master" branch of your codebase, and as you make changes you make a "commit" to the branch, which is basically like a checkpoint in a videogame. You can revert to any commit at any time, and then forward again. All of your changes are saved in your version control history.

You can also make as many branches as you want from any point off any other branch, and make commits to those as well. A lot of projects might have master, testing, and dev branches. The "dev" branch is where all of the development is done, and once a good commit is reached it might be "merged" into the testing branch. If that version still looks good after sufficient testing, it will be merged into the master branch, and possibly released or pushed to production.

It also makes collaboration possible.

This might be a topic for a whole other thread, though.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
24825 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 8:12 pm to
more than i need. i just make periodic copies of my entire site.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
28997 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 8:38 pm to
Yeah that'll work if it's just you and a relatively small project. But if you start to get overwhelmed, feel free to ask for help with git. It's actually pretty easy to learn the basics.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
24825 posts
Posted on 9/12/20 at 9:54 pm to
Thanks. It's just me and i usually work on one page and finalize it. Not usually doing much coding. Just copy and change the text and pics. The frame work has already been made.
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