[Homework] Online programming editor

Question

Hi,

For a school project i need to write or use a online programming editor. It is a part of a bigger project. I thought of a java application, php/html/javascript or flash.

I have a couple of things i could do:

• Find a good working application and edit it so it works with the rest of the project
• Find good parts for a editor and make it working my self (syntax highlighter, auto-indent, autocompletion, etc.)
• Combination of those two

Does anybody know a good editor or have tips for this project or a editor?

Thanks for reading,

Leon

Answer 1

Bespin comes to mind. Though it might be too bleeding edge, depending on how the rest of the project is built/meant to be used (but hey, programmers love bleeding edge).

Answer 2

For the syntax highlighting and basic editing part, check out my recent question Textarea that can do syntax highlighting on the fly?

Solutions presented there:

• CodeMirror
• Bespin (Mozilla only, but great)

For the rest - autocompletion etc. - ... Check out the Wikipedia article Comparison of JavaScript-based source code editors Interested to see what other suggestions come up.

Answer 3

If you decide to use PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript, see GeSHi for syntax highlighting.