On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Roger Luedecke
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 01:53, Roger Luedecke
wrote: I have been learning Javascript on codeacademy.com . Now I'm nearly done with the tract, and have no clue what to do with what I learned. Could also use advice on a good IDE. I was checking out Eclipse, but for some reason it hasn't been built for 12.1, and I hate running things that aren't packaged in an .rpm. Got any ideas on how I can get involved with FOSS using Javascript that is suitable to a new programmer?
Eclipse is a standalone app... it can easily just sit in a directory in your /home/$USER (this is where my Eclipse always is) so you're not really "installing" it.. basically there's nothing to be managed by the RPM side of things. If you want to use Eclipse, just download it from the IBM website and put it in your /home... there's nothing else to do or manage.
You can do the same with Oracle's Netbeans as well (the current installer defaults to /home/$USER/netbeans-7.1.1 but you can set to whatever) It doesn't need to be managed by the RPM side of things.
Both IDEs (Eclipse and Netbeans) are good with their own set of strengths and weaknesses. They are the two "main" high end development IDEs that most people/companies use.
There are others such as Emacs, Komodo Edit, VIM, Geany, UltraEdit (commercial), etc etc. You can use Kate or GEdit too... depends on what you are hoping for in a text editor.
C. Not really sure to be frank. But one thing I'd like is the ability to easilly browse cllasses/functions. Especially since it is really the API
On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 08:02 +0200, C wrote: libraries that do all the magic, and I am as of yet entirely unfamilar. ANd once again, I need Javascript. Though I'm aware Eclipse can run in ~Home, I don't like the mess that and other such things make. I prefer the clean organization and integration that a proper .rpm install does. Plus, Eclipse packages are available for everything BUT 12.1. Also heard about Aptana, which looks pretty damn sharp. I'd happily do it myself if I could figure out OBS or .rpm spec files. I thought Monodevelop had Javascript support, but it coughs up so many errors I'm afraid to use it.
Roger, As relates to Eclipse and why it is not packaged for 12.1 / factory you should read this ongoing thread: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2012-04/msg00083.html Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org