Stream: beginners

Topic: what’s the best editor for roc?


view this post on Zulip Luis Ceb (Jun 17 2023 at 03:19):

Or what do you use right now?

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 17 2023 at 04:42):

I don't think there is really a best. Coffee script syntax highlighting tends to work ok, but I don't think any specific editor will really help you with roc

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 17 2023 at 04:42):

I use helix.

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 17 2023 at 04:42):

Some people use vscode or vim

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 17 2023 at 04:43):

There is a language server that can be built from source and at least kinda works, but I don't know that status of that. I used it for a while, but eventual just switch to having a second terminal window open that on save would run roc check and then roc test on my code.

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 17 2023 at 04:47):

Something simple like this in a second terminal can be a huge boon:

ls examples/* | entr -ccs "roc check examples/Inspect.roc && roc test examples/Inspect.roc"

view this post on Zulip Anton (Jun 17 2023 at 09:40):

vscode has an unofficial syntax highlighting plugin https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=benjamin-thomas.roc-lang-support


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