Web Development Accelerator 1.3 released!
Posted in Web Development on 02/02/2012
I'm happy to announce the release of Web Development Accelerator version 1.3!
Web Development Accelerator is a browser-based code editor and snippet repository that allows web developers to increase their productivity by developing directly in their browsers and saving commonly used code snippets for future reference and/or usage in future projects.
The ultimate goal is to create a browser-based code editor that is as good as any other desktop-based code editor out there and I'm sure this will eventually happen with future releases. That's why I'm working hard on improving Web Development Accelerator more and more - version 1.3 has numerous improvements compared to 1.0, thanks to the great user feedback I received! Some exciting new features are planned for the next version, which will be labeled 1.5. These include: intellisense, in-browser preview of the code you develop, ability to work on multiple files simultaneously and save them directly to your server, and many, many more...
You can buy a license for Web Development Accelerator on CodeCanyon at: http://codecanyon.net/item/web-development-accelerator/1198287 or at least give the free preview a try.
Comments
Marin wrote (1 year ago)
In general, Ruby, Python and Perl all have their specifics. I really haven't thought about hiring an individual experienced with these languages, but that's probably a good idea and I'll definitely consider doing it at some point, because I absolutely agree that having the editor support more languages than now can only make it better and more useful to the users.Tom wrote (1 year ago)
The fact it can be accessed from anywhere that's plugged into the net is a massive selling point.In determining the next language to add, are there any of those three languages (Ruby, Python, Perl) that are similar to the languages you currently use on the frontend? If so, maybe that'll help you choose which one to master and also make the learning process a bit easier. Alternatively, could you perhaps hire someone knowledgeable in one or more of those languages to take care of that side of things?
Marin wrote (1 year ago)
Hello Tom,You're absolutely right - that is the exact idea behind this application - to allow web developers write code on any device with Internet access, regardless of its operating system and without the need of downloading and installing complicated desktop editors or IDEs. So, yes - you can access this application anywhere!
As for the languages, I've already received a few requests for Ruby, Python and Perl, and I guess I can try and work in this direction. In fact, the editor already supports these languages in the backend (it recognizes them and can highlight them accordingly), but you can't really use them in the frontend, because I don't really have much experience with these languages myself, and I'm not sure exactly what workflow a Ruby or Python programmer would expect from my editor and what snippets would they like to see included.
So, my point is, if I receive more feedback from Ruby/Python/Perl users, I'll be surely able to include a better support for these languages in one of the next releases...
Tom wrote (1 year ago)
I had a look at the preview - I tried it a little bit. I can see how it can be such a time saver when it comes to coding. I think it's great that it's browser-based - I'm assuming that means you can access it anywhere, right?As well as adding more ready-made code snippets, are you considering adding other languages at some point?