I'm sure a lot of you will have things to say :). I've only just started using Particle DEV and there are a lot of good things about it as compared to the Web IDE. However here are a few observations and things I don't like or things I was expecting. The way compile errors are displayed is very c…

I like DEV personally even though it’s not perfect. You can compile locally easily if you add an Atom add on that adds a command line window to Atom so you can just use DEV to create and compile your code and then use the command line window to use the CLI to flash locally. That way it feels like e…

[image] RWB: I wish DEV had the Signal feature like the Build IDE does so you can be sure which device your flashing. DEV does have this feature. I can't tell you where exactly but I did see it. [image] RWB: You can compile locally easily What I meant was, click a button and it does w…

[image] RWB: You can compile locally easily DEV normally still compiles in the cloud, so it isn't exactly a 'local compile'. Having it flash locally is something I've been pushing for lately, so I'm hoping that'll become possible some time soon :slight_smile: no guarantees though.

[image] shiv: Is there are way to compile and Flash locally? To compile locally, you need install a local toolchain and build as outlined here https://github.com/spark/firmware/blob/develop/README.md

Hi Shiv! Thank you for this feedback! We're aware of some of the things you mentioned and will try to fix them soon! Answering some of your questions: [image] shiv: Particle Dev forgets the last Selected Device. Unlike the Web IDE. Not sure what the reasoning behind this is. The reason here…

Thank you @ScruffR . I looked at that…seems way to complicated for me :slight_smile:

@suda , Thank you for your extensive reply. Much appreciated. I’ll post the missing improvements to the GitHub repo you mentioned. On a slightly different note… Have you all looked at using Visual Studio Code and plugging into it instead of the (raw) Atom. VS code is built on Atom, so you get all…

[image] suda: The reason here is to make development on multiple devices running different firmware slightly easier. I'm not sure how important this is. I'm sure it is for some since it's on your list of TODOs. However, there are same basic things I feel are missing in the "IDE" (if we can ca…

[image] shiv: VS code is built on Atom I believe they also use Electron as runtime but it isn't based on Atom itself. After all Atom's community seems to be more vibrant and the existence of things like Platform IO opens the doors for mutual compatibility.

As a side note: I’ve been using po-util by @nrobinson2000 for local development of a recent Electron project. It’s kinda awesome. I grew really tired of Particle DEV’s bugs and library management after a while. I do my editing in Atom and VS and debugging and flashing with Po in bash. If you use li…

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gusgonnet August 28, 2017, 8:08pm 12

hey, in case you are interested in using VS Code, you could do it like this.
Cheers!
Gustavo.

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