6 Setup Development Environment
Lewie edited this page 2014-05-24 23:46:41 -07:00

Developing within Chrome OS

A Chrome OS has limitations in what the operating system makes available to the end-user. Although it is a simple way to get on to the Internet and use cloud services, there are other ways to take advantage of it without resorting to installing another operating system. The following Apps can get you up and running in no time.

Chrome App What it Does Source Code & Support Works Offline
Gitnu - Git interactive terminal not unix Work with git repositories @camfitz/gitnu Yes
Caret Text editor with syntax hilighting. @thomaswilburn/Caret Yes
Web Server for Chrome Serves static files over a local web server @kzahel/web-server-chrome Yes

Getting setup

  1. Open gitnu and select your google drive Downloads as your root folder.
  2. Create a folder and clone the repository.
mkdir tic-tac-toe
cd tic-tac-toe
git clone https://github.com/lewismoten/tic-tac-toe.git
git options “Your Name” “you@email.com”
git commit --message “This is what I did”
git push

Open the web server app and point it to your tic-tac-toe directory Open your web browser to http://127.0.0.1:8887/tests/TicTacToeBoard.html

Open caret and open the tic-tac-toe directory to start editing files

Known Issues

@kzahel/web-server-chrome/4 File size/content not updated properly after updates @camfitz/gitnu/14 Pull requests results in error

Developing within Mac OS

IDE: Atom Git: git Web Server: python -mSimpleHTTPServer 4334