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jsEDIT - a web based php editor

With the first public release of jsEDIT coming very soon now, here's a little bit of what we have been up too.

jsEDIT is totally open sourced software, all the code in the project was written by the project founders as part of a phpeditors.com compitition. The goal of the compitition was to create a completely web based php editor, this submission went far beyond the 'bar' for the contest. By making extensive use of javascript (the 'js' in jsEDIT) we were able implement full sytax hilighting and reasonable indention defaults. Our first release will include this.

Unfortunately, this project, like many others, spent too much time in the planning phases, so we didn't implement the base functions well enough to win the contest (but we did take second). The first release file here is essentially the contest entry, re-released under the General Public License - but the goal is to iron out all the little things that got in the way of our victory, and add all of the bigger things that we came up with during the contest.

The big things --
full CVS integration
-- want to be able to checkin/checkout/update/commit all without ever leaving the editing environment
-- source2pdf - export your web based source into a nice printable, color coded document
-- more editor features - someone had suggested VI keybindings, and I've got some crazy ideas for code completion

I would hesitate to call this project mature, but it is certainly useable - we even made use of it for a small part of the contest development process, though I still greatly prefer VIM. I am eager to see what can become of it once it's in the hands of many more creative individuals.

Posted by Brian Taylor 2004-06-23

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