January 24, 2012
One of the most important functionalities of WebCoder, if you ask me, is the project management. Ever since this feature was first implemented, which was many, many versions ago, files were manually added to the project, either by the user clicking the "Add" button, or when the users chose to synchronize the project. This worked pretty well if you only added, moved and removed files from within WebCoder, but in the end, it did feel a bit old-school. In WebCoder 2012, I have turned this concept completely around. WebCoder 2012 will monitor your project root for any file related changes and then instantly update the project structure accordingly. This means that if you save a file, move a file, delete a file or rename a file, WebCoder automatically detects this and updates the project structure. No need to do manual synchronizations, and when you create a new file and save it within the project root, WebCoder won't bother you with a question on whether to add it or not.
But what if you don't want a specific file or directory within your WebCoder project structure? For this, we have exclusion filters, allowing you to exclude specific files or directories or several files/directories using wildcards and even Regular expressions to specify rules. For instance, you can exclude all *.gif files or all directories which starts with a . (dot) very easily. Excluding a single file or directory can be done with two mouse-clicks.
There are more changes in project management than this, but you will have to see them for your self, once the first beta version hits the page. It will be a while though, but stay tuned for more information about WebCoder 2012 :)
Disclaimer: WebCoder 2012 is still far from being done. These blog posts are merely to show you what this new version will be like and to give you an impression of the development process. I hope to have the final version of WebCoder 2012 ready in the third quarter of 2012, but nothing is certain yet!
January 16, 2012
As promised, I will once again be doing an entire series of blog posts about the upcoming version of WebCoder. With this new version, I started all over as I have done many times before, re-building the application from scratch. Technically I went from Windows Forms to WPF, which is not very interesting to most of you, but it meant that no UI could be re-used - only the code behind it could. I made this change for several reasons, one of them being that it gave me the opportunity to create at least a couple of features that you have been requesting for some time now - more on that later. Another benefit of starting all over like this, was that it gave me a chance to do something that I have been thinking about doing for quite some time: Trimming! I don't think that WebCoder had gotten bloated, but it DID contain a lot of functions and settings. This is simply what happens to a big application like WebCoder, which has been through many beta phases where people have had different requests and takes on how things should work.
With WebCoder 2012, I have been re-implementing things only if they still made sense, and for each feature, I have thought long and hard on whether it should still be in WebCoder, and if so, how I might change it to make it even better. While doing this, I have been reading up on your wishes for WebCoder 2012, and even on some of the wishes you had during the beta testing of WebCoder 2010. Some of them were impossible to do at that point, because it would require way too many changes, but because I was doing everything from scratch this time, I was able to make some fundamental changes in some areas, which I think you will appreciate.
During the next months, I will post much more information about these changes and how WebCoder is going to look. You might want to prepare for some pretty big changes this time, but speaking as the only one who have done actual work with an early build of WebCoder 2012, I promise you that it's all for the better. Stay tuned :)
Disclaimer: WebCoder 2012 is still far from being done. These blog posts are merely to show you what this new version will be like and to give you an impression of the development process. I hope to have the final version of WebCoder 2012 ready in the third quarter of 2012, but nothing is certain yet!
July 7, 2011
Hello all,
Since Saturday, all the TSW websites have been down and we've had problems with our mail servers as well. Our ISP, which is one of the biggest in Denmark, had to move all their servers after one of their datacenters lost all power due to a huge rainfall in Copenhagen and other Danish cities. The newspapers are talking about "the biggest rainfall in 500 years" and telling us that we received the same amount of rain in a couple of hours that we would have normally received within a couple of months. Hopefully everything should be okay now, and while there was not much I could do during this entire process, I do apologize to everyone who has tried to access the website and instead received an error.
Now, let's move onto something more interesting! I'm currently writing down ideas for the next version of WebCoder, which will likely be named TSW WebCoder 2012, and while I do have some ideas of my own, I would love to hear what you guys would like to see in this next version! I have created a brand new forum for this, where I hope you will post all of your ideas. This can of course be ideas for new functionality, or wishes for modifications of the existing functions. Since I haven't started coding anything yet, everything is possible, at least in theory, so let's talk about how we can make WebCoder even better in the future! I'm looking forward to hearing all of your good feedback :)
Enter the TSW WebCoder 2012 forum!
December 1, 2010
December is upon us and the countdown to Christmas eve has started. Hopefully you have already secured yourself a lovely WebCoder 2010 license to keep your code warm in this traditionally cold month, but if not, Santa Claus has a real treat for the good web coders out there. For the entire month of December, you can purchase WebCoder with a 25% discount, by using the discount code "Santa". This means that you can get the Professional edition of WebCoder for a mere $74.99 (normally $99.99), or in case you only need the Light edition, only $37.49 (normally $49.99). Your best option is of course the WebCoder 2010 Professional edition + SiteSync bundle, which you can now get for less than $100!
To buy WebCoder 2010 with this Christmas discount, please use the discount code "Santa" on the ordering page, or simply click this direct link, which will be valid for the rest of this year:
Buy WebCoder 2010 with a 25% Christmas discount!
In case you have already purchased a license, perhaps you have a friend or a relative who would appreciate the Christmas gift of a powerful IDE, or at least the chance to purchase one with a discount? Help me spread the word, so that as many people as possible can take advantage of this offer. Send them a link to this blog post or ask them to "Like" our Facebook page, where offers like this is also posted. Thank you, and have a happy December :)
August 2, 2010
We're getting closer to the final version every day. Here is a new beta version with all the latest fixes, as described on the forum. Don't forget that the top 5 beta testers will be rewarded with a free TSW WebCoder 2010 Professional license once the final version is released, so keep up the good work!
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 final beta 2 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
I'm looking forward to reading your feedback!
Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow WebCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.
July 20, 2010
I'm very happy with the progress of TSW WebCoder 2010. Beta 4 didn't produce a lot of error reports, so we have now entered the final beta stage. I have extended the beta period with two weeks due to the fact that I need a bit more time to prepare the launch, and besides, it will give us all a bit extra time to find those last bugs. Don't forget that the top 5 beta testers will be rewarded with a free TSW WebCoder 2010 Professional license once the final version is released, so keep up the good work!
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 final beta 1 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
I'm looking forward to hearing from you all!
Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow WebCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.
July 13, 2010
I'm happy to report that the beta testing of WebCoder 2010 is going very well and because of that, the 4th beta has just been released. As usual, the top 5 beta testers will be rewarded with a free TSW WebCoder 2010 Professional license once the final version is released, so keep up the good work!
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 beta 4 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
I'm looking forward to hearing from you all.
Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow WebCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.
June 17, 2010
We've made it to the third beta version, and everything is going very well, but we can always use even more feedback! It seems that I forgot to mention this in my previous post, but as usual, the top 5 beta testers will be rewarded with a free TSW WebCoder 2010 Professional license once the final version is released!
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 beta 3 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
In the following week I will be busy working on the documentation for WebCoder 2010, so I may not be responding a lot in the forum, but please keep on posting, I will get to each and everyone of your posts eventually. Keep up the good testing :)
Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow WebCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.
May 18, 2010
It's with great pride that I can finally present you with the very first beta version of TSW WebCoder 2010. If you have been following this blog, you already know that I created WebCoder 2010 by taking WebCoder 2009 and then adding the best from phpCoder 2008 and quite a bit of new features, to create the ultimate web editor. In case you missed all the information that has been posted about this new version of WebCoder, here is a list to catch up on:
Of course that's only the major additions. In fact, my TODO list currently consists of around 300 items, big and small, which have all been marked as done, so while this is beta and will contain bugs, it should be ready for actual use - I know I use it every day and have been for several months now :)
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 beta 1 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
So let the testing begin! I'm eager to hear what you think :)
May 15, 2010
Right from the very first paid version of WebCoder and up till now, there has been a personal and a commercial license available. This policy had only one purpose: To be able to sell a cheaper license to all the hobby-coders and students out there, by letting the companies and the professional web developers, making a living off their work with WebCoder, pay for it. Unfortunately, a lot of people found the principles hard to understand - when did they need to purchase a commercial license and what was the difference?
Another problem was that with all those great features contained in WebCoder, some people simply didn't need them all. For the same reason, I created WebPad, a cheaper version of WebCoder with a limited set of the features. However, maintaining yet another application means extra work and less time to focus on the stuff that really matters, so when combining WebCoder and phpCoder, I thought to my self: Why not throw in WebPad as well? So instead of releasing three different application, each in two different editions, WebCoder will be THE application, released in three different editions, where price and the amount of included functions will be the key difference. Hopefully that will be easier for everyone to understand and I know it will be easier to maintain, allowing me to make the single best product possible.
For now, I'm probably going with the names "Light", "Standard" and "Professional". The beta version will default to the Professional edition, while trial users of the final version will be given the choice to try it in different editions during their trial period. I haven't entirely decided on pricing yet, as well as the features contained in each edition, but your feedback is obviously welcome. I hope you like this change, as I believe it will be the best for everyone and on top of that, a lot less confusing.
