IDE for web project working with distant copy - html

We currently have an intranet host on a server (just Html and js project).
contributors do not have a local copy of the project, and modify the code on a regular basis using Expression web. However, a lot of Expression web's features, like link maintenance, do not work if the project is not on a local cache.
Do you know any good web IDE capable of maintaining a web project directly on a server ?
Thanks

This IDE may work for you it is biased in the cloud.
https://c9.io/

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Using CloudForms for PHP (or similar) web development

The company I work for offers a wide array of services, a lot of which involved compiled application development. A small portion of development is web software using interpreted languages like PHP, where any changes are instant.
The company has also invested in CloudForms and would like it to be used for all development environments where possible, but I am struggling to find a development pattern that works for a PHP/JS application, without adding overhead to the development process.
The main thing I can't get my head around (and can find nothing online for) is how one would manage to sync a local codebase to the remote dev server. This is simple with locally hosted VM solutions like Vagrant. A developer can just change a file and refresh the local website.
Does anyone know of a pattern for this, or CloudForms-specific tool that would support live and instant code sync? The only options we've managed to come up with is an Rsync script (we found it to be unreliable) and doing commits and pulls via GIT (terrible overhead and it means we have to commit every single change just to see if solves a given issue).
Are we better off sticking with local VM development for this sort of software if it works?

Can Github be used for Web Development?

I'm a Web Dev. and I'm very new to Github and I was wondering if Github can be used for Web Development. If it can't then what lang. are commonly used for Github?
Github is a plattform for hosting git-repository.
It is not about programming language but about storing versions of your code an collaborating.
Basically you can use Github or any other git hosting for basically every programming project.
Here an article why it is a good idea to use git as a version control: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/git-version-control-youre-developer/
Github lets you host you your code. Collaborate with people writing your code, showing it to the world, manage the version of your code. What is basically hosts is a git repository. Take a look over here to get an idea. One interesting thing, GitHub provides is letting you host static websites. It also provides the free domain name like yourUserNme.github.io. This tells how to do it. You can also use jykll template to host your site on GitHub.
you can git every lang , such as php ,html ,css and etc..
GitHub is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git. It is mostly used for computer code. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.
It is not the programming language. I guess you can store most of your code in GitHub, and which can be used for version control. you can easily learn it from the following online tutorial link. https://lab.github.com/

is developing an HTML web app using Notepad++ secure

I have started on a web app for the ORG i work for, using notepad++ for html and css and of course php and javascript. I must say that the ORG did not used to have software developers, all software they have is off-the-shelf or oracle forms and am a recent grad.
We got a new hire he has much more experience "he claims", the thing is that he has been criticizing me for using notepad++ for html, he instead suggests using ASP.NET in VS. His argument comes from security risks and better support point of view.
The web app will consist of a website for the visitors to browse, in addition to an intranet for employees to use onsite and globally.
So i am not sure if i am on the right track and he is showing off, or i should be following his advice "he could be our new IT manager".
I thank you very much in advance.
The editor you are using has literally nothing to do with the security of the programmed application. Notepad++ is perfectly fine, even though i would recommend something like Atom, Visual Studio Code or Sublime.
One thing they have as a "security advantage" over Notepad++ is, that it is easier to install plugins that try to check your code and point out possible bugs. Otherwise blaming the Editor for Security issues is nonsense.
I have no experience with ASP.NET, i tried it a few times but never liked it. I think it comes with some authentication solutions out of the box.
HTML and CSS have very little to do with security. JavaScript and especially PHP is what you have to be careful with. I would recommend to use some kind of PHP framework as there are often well tested authentication components included. Frameworks I know of are Symfony and Laravel (which is built on Symfony).

Updating my website/ web hosting?

I'm new to web design and website deployment. I had some general questions that I tried to research but failed. I know how to use Html/CSS/Javascript and I managed to design my own website and upload it and host it using Amazon s3 / Route 53. It's a website built from scratch with HTML, CSS.
The thing that I have failed to understand is managing the website after deployment. Do I simply add HTML pages to my amazon bucket whenever I want to update? is this the way to do it? I came across jekyll in my research and from what I understood, it's a static website generator. But does it help with organizing the website and facilitating adding more content after deployment?
in other words, how do developers go about managing their websites generally after deployment?
I don't know about the Amazon s3 or jekyll etc. How I manage my sites is I use a hosting provider that provides Plesk. With Plesk I manage all my files for my sites in the file manager and I can even edit the code in the online code editor provided. It also has built in apps like Joomla and Wordpress.
I can set up email addresses for each site and also subdomains. Security etc.
When I want to update or edit my site I will either do it in the online code editor if it is something small like changing a color or just a few lines of code. Otherwise for bigger edits I will do it all on my desktop using notepad and then upload all the new files and replace the existing ones.
Each domain has it's own folder in the directory so it is easy to maintain and things don't get messy.
I hope this helps. You said you want to know how developers manage their sites. Although I am not a professional developer, I do have a few sites and that is how I manage them.
It only costs £40 per year too so is quite cheap.
Do I simply add HTML pages to my amazon bucket whenever I want to update? is this the way to do it?
Yes. The simplest way is to make changes to your files in your local workspace and then upload/overwrite the changed files to the S3 storage.
But does [jekyll] help with organizing the website and facilitating adding more content after deployment?
Yes! Jekyll is a great way to organise and generate your static site and I highly recommend it if you are planning to continue creating and deploying content to your site.
Start here, but note that it's a little more difficult if you're on Windows OS.
https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/#requirements

Browser application & local file system access

I want to enhance my browser-based web application with functionality that enables management of local files and folders. E.g. folder tree structures should be synchronized between local workstation and server via HTTP(S).
I am aware of security-related limitations in browser-based applications. However, there are some techniques that "work around" these issues:
Signed Java applets (full trust)
.NET Windows Forms browser controls (no joke, that works. Just the configuration is horrible)
ActiveX
My question is: What do you use/suggest, both technology and implementation practice? Key requirement is that the installation process is as simple as possible.
Thanks for your opinions!
Google Gears.
it lets you write Javascript applications with a much bigger platform support than the usual browser, and go 'unconnected' with local file access, cache and DB. and if/when connected it syncs to the central server.
available for several browsers on all platforms; but still under heavy evolution.
Both Gears and Adobe Air require the user to manually select a local file before you get any programmatic access. Very limited because of security considerations when it comes to local filesystem access, so no chance for any web based file sync type functionality there as far as I can see. Maybe I'm wrong about Adobe Air but this is definitely the case with gears. But If I'm wrong let me know!
Silverlight 4 (still in beta) allows file system access:
"Read and write files to the user’s MyDocuments, MyMusic, MyPictures and MyVideos folder (or equivalent for non-windows platforms) for example storage of media files and taking local copies of reports"
http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-4/
Definitely not ActiveX. No sense spending time on something that out-of-date.
Adobe AIR (essentially, Flash for the Desktop), is something that we considered in my last contract, as opposed to Java applets. Last I checked, though it's been several months, the installation of the AIR runtime environment was fast and easy
Your best bet might be to write a custom application that interacts with your web application. For example, Dropbox lets you synchronize files across computers by use of a background application that watches a Dropbox-enabled folder. It also lets you view your Dropbox files online through a web browser. The Dropbox web application then allows you to delete/move/copy files which is echoed in your local filesystem.
In the demo of Google Wave...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&fmt=18
...at 15:30 in, a group of img files are drag-and-dropped from the file system to the browser. The functionality is attributed to Google Gears. This seems a bit different from what Daniel OCallaghan and the official documentation suggest is possible.
Anybody know what's actually possible w/ Google Gear and the local file system?