PAINTKILLER
857,674 views
238 followers
25,799 updates
1 tips
For the last 3 nights I've gotten about halfway through an increasingly large Journal update and my PC, as it is wont to do, crashes about halfway thru the update. I know, just save more often. But then I feel people might check it out with only a small portion of the update saved and not get the big picture. It's definitely happened in the past.
4 likes
![[tfpXE] avatar](/site_screenshots/15/25/tfpxe/index.html.50x50.webp)
So offline editors are a thing I see people mention. I've always used the online editor with Geocities, Tripod, etc. How do offline editors work? I like to check my work often every step of the way, because I'm not a terribly skilled HTML, CSS, etc kinda person. I mostly just hack away at it until it looks right on the frontend.
Can you see the final product, with current code and assets, along with new additions and updates offline in, more or less, real time every time you save it? Or do you have to be pretty certain in your code?
I love vs code as my editor. It makes it way easier to save the file and see the changes even if you just tweak a line.
Regarding how offline editing works: Gonna try to whip up a video demonstration later
Why not work on it offline, such as in a notepad/word file and copy/paste it when you're ready to upload?
I use VSCodium, its an open source alternative to M$ VSCode, but depending on your PC Specs, you could try Notepad++ they have plugins available for various programming languages, syntax highlighting, etc..I also have xampp on my machine, which sets up a local server, so I can test my site before going live.
Here's my demo video -- I may have left some details out because I have college brain right now, but if you just want to know what it's like to use an offline editor to preview site changes, then this should be sufficient https://youtu.be/lX2sH6Njfrg
Thanks got all the input and advice, and the fermi video was super nice!