[TriLUG] Developer environment for starting programmer

[Don Jerman]

Macs have a command line too if you look for it :).  I'd look at
introducing git or a git gui for remote updates.  Then he can push updates
to the Dev site etc... Never too soon to learn about revision control and
backups.
On Dec 23, 2014 10:42 AM, "Ken M" <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> Bluefish can work with remote files. However I will say it is good to know
> vim.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Dec 23, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Jonathan Mainguy <jon at jmainguy.com> wrote:
> >
> > If money is no object, dreamweaver was pretty fun to play with before I
> got
> > into the command line.
> >
> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> My son (15) has started his journey on the programming trail! He is very
> >> interested in website development - especially CSS, PHP, HTML, and
> MySQL.
> >> To “stoke the fire”, I have spun up a CentOS 6.5 virtual machine for him
> >> with the typical LAMP stack.
> >>
> >> One issue I face is his ability to work with the files remotely.  Since
> he
> >> does not have command over the terminal yet, editing files by hand (vi,
> >> etc) over an SSH session are a little out of his reach.  I am looking
> for a
> >> good IDE he can use to edit his files remotely from his laptop.  Years
> ago,
> >> I used MS Frontpage (yeah, I know, this is a Linux thread), but the tool
> >> was easy to use and allowed me to get my hands wet with web site
> building.
> >>
> >> He is running a Mac laptop, and so I am looking for a good tool that
> works
> >> well on Mac.  Any pointers?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
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