Best way to develop from Windows machine

sdetweil

@cpcode use either Winscp or Bitvise ssh client. (Both free, I like Bitvise better) Both will give you the ssh window and a file manager view of the target system. So you can double click to edit on the windows system. And use your favorite text editor

I use notepad++ or visual studio code

Then you can use a browser on windows to access the MagicMirror server and see the changes there
If the changes are css, just refresh the MagicMirror screen. Most of the module config related to presentation will also be used on the refresh, no need to restart MagicMirror (like tuning the calendar views)

Open mm in another browser tab, f11 to
Max without titlebar, f11 back out

I never edit on the pi anymore

No desktop login required

sdetweil

@cpcode all the installing modules part would be done thru the ssh terminal window.
And terminal window commands there

pm2 to restart MagicMirror or npm start/ctrl-c to stop

sdetweil

@cpcode bitvise gives you file transfer in both direction via drag/drop. Great for log files etc

sdetweil

@cpcode

And from Linux, you can use the caja file manager to get the remote file view. SSH window is normal

Sublime text - like notepad++
And vs code

sdetweil

@cpcode and you can use the developers window on the PC browser for css development

See the second link in my signature below for using the dev window for css

cpcode

@sdetweil Thanks, this is perfect! I am set up with SFTP to the Pi and I can edit the remote files with VS Code on my machine. Haven’t tried SSH yet but hopefully that works well too.
I’m good with old school HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, but have zero experience with anything Linux. This has been a great project to get my feet wet. I think in 3 or 4 more weeks I should be able to post some pics of my display here, it’s coming along.

sdetweil

@cpcode don’t need sftp anymore

Just edit direct thru window file manager. DoubleClick
Editor opens file, save puts it back on pi.

abuislam

@cpcode said in Best way to develop from Windows machine:

Use SSH with a text editor like VS Code (with the Remote - SSH extension) to edit files directly on the Pi. This avoids remote desktop issues and allows seamless file access and module development.

sdetweil

@abuislam please, do not copy the entire post you are replying to