Reboot
March 6, 2009
Since I took a long break last December 2008, it’s only now that I’m slowly putting effort on this project again. A lot of changes have happened since then:
- I bought myself a MacBook Pro to develop with
- Moving to Git as my scm
- Back up source codes online to subversion host xp-dev
- Upgraded to Grails 1.1 RC1 (RC2 1.1 is already available btw)
- Moved from IntelliJ Idea to TextMate
- Stopped using myriads of project management shit and stick to one app: Process 3. I got it for free at MacHeist :-p
After asking some friends to test the last snapshot and a lot of self-reflecting, I decided to start from the ground up. I know. It’s the best way to fuck up a project. Or, the best way to ensure a project never gets released :-p Ok probably not starting from scratch because I will be copying over source codes that seem ok. But feature, design, all redone. So here’s to another year developing vaporware 2.0 yeeeeha!
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Hi!
It’s a very interesting decision to switch from Idea to TextMate. I’m using both and i find the Idea is much more efficient to develop with java and groovy.
So what was a reason for you to move?
cheers
Hi Slava,
I have a lot of reasons to make the move. First and foremost is the fact that I am a minimalist. If I can get away with a simple text editor and a commandline, all the better. Moving from linux to Mac finally gave me a chance to use TextMate, which is arguably the most mature text editor for Grails development (among other stuff it can do).
Other reasons include the problem of loading grails 1.1x apps to Idea 8. A lot of stuff broke when I upgraded. I have no idea if they’re fixed now though. Recreating Idea descriptor files is a mess as well. Can’t easily “import” an existing grails app.
Finally, moving in and out of groovy and grails make me forget what I learn. Best way to keep stuff fresh is to remove the ability to ctrl+space 😉