chaicode

(chai -code), n.

An HTML, CSS & JavaScript prototyping tool that shows code updates live across devices.

Chaicode lets you try out ideas quickly and live across devices [ no moar refreshes ].
You can simultaneously test your layout on a desktop, phone and tablet [ yay! ].
It is currently in its alpha stage and a lot of features are in the pipeline including collaborative coding.
You can currently demo it here.
Note: The live feature takes a little bit of time to load up on openshift, fyi.

PS: chaicode is partially built using chaicode [ we must go deeper! ].

Installation

• Install Node.js
• Install mongoDB for your OS
• Start the mongoDB server
• Navigate to the chaicode directory via command line
  • Perform npm install
  • start the app by entering npm start and hitting return

For controlling some advanced features, take a look at config.json under chaicode/config.

Features

• Live HTML, CSS and Javascript updates across devices
• Auto complete for HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Zen mode (hit F11 when in any region)
• CSSLint and JS Lint (using JSHint) added
• Code tidy up added
• jQuery support is built-in
• Ability to export your work as a single html file
• Ability to fork code into your own version of it
• Landing page for all present chais on the server [ Delete is still down. Will be fixing it soon. ]
• Run on your own system! [ No more internet required to mess with ideas. ]

Upcoming Features

• Support for multiple Javascript libraries
• Ability to add resources via URIs
• Collaborative coding support
• User interface redesign (HELP!)
• Inline previews of things like colors, resources like images etc.
• Code highlighting and prettyfying DONE!
• JSLint support DONE!
• Support for SASS, CoffeeScript, Jade and other popular engines
• Timeline of different chai recipes or versions of your code
• Ability to delete a particular chai
• User login support
• Landing page for all present chais on the server based on user
• Add chai embed functionality to let the user share his/her code

Things in bold are what I am working on currently.

PS: I could really use help with the UI design.