[NBP web-reskin] Question on the Camp

[Ethan Rowe]

Didomenico, Steven wrote:
> Hi Ethan,
> 
> How are you?

Steve, I was just digging out of my inbox pile-up and found that I
missed this when you sent it.  Sorry about that.

> I was wondering if there are any client side tools needed for
> development.  Or is a text editor and an FTPS client to GET and PUT into
> the (reskin) Camp all that is needed?

We generally find camps to be most effective when working with a login
shell via SSH, using an editor (Vim or Emacs) in that shell on whatever
files we need to manipulate.

However, if you use something like SCP, you can securely transfer files
in a manner similar to FTP.  If you're using a Windows machine, WinSCP
would get you what you need; it's like a standard GUI file transfer app,
but it uses SCP protocol instead of the (not particularly secure) FTP.

As for the file editing itself, I would recommend against using any
WYSIWYG editor for manipulating the template files; most WYSIWYG editors
tend to result in pretty unpleasant markup (in my experience) that make
for more trouble than its worth when trying to actually templatize the
stuff.  So we tend to use pretty serious text editors (the
aforementioned Vim or Emacs).  I would recommend something like that
over something limited like Notepad or whatever.

> Please let us know when we have access to the current NBP Camp for
> review.

I've given Edie the info she needs so she should be able to pass that along.

Thanks.
- Ethan
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Ethan Rowe
End Point Corporation
ethan at endpoint.com