ExpressionEngine Developer’s Toolkit
Building ExpressionEngine sites on a Mac? We’re gathering all the resources you need to make your ExpressionEngine development as stream-lined as possible. Whether you use Mountee or not, these tools should transform your workflow. And they’re all completely free.
Coda Resources
Coda offers a variety of different ways to customise and extend, including modes, plugins and snippets. Here are some which may be useful for your ExpressionEngine projects.
Coda 2 ExpressionEngine Mode
Created by Michael Sibley
Michael Sibley created a great EE syntax mode for Coda 2, which we’re been pointing people towards.
Installation
- Download and unzip ExpressionEngine.mode
- Drag the folder into ~/Library/Application Support/Coda/Modes (If the Modes folder doesn’t exist, create it)
- If Coda’s running, quit and relaunch.
Lion users: To view ~/Library/, use Go to Folder… from the Go menu in Finder.
ExpressionEngine 2 Syntax Mode
We’ve created a brand new syntax mode for ExpressionEngine, which adds syntax highlighting and auto-completion to Coda for your EE templates. Once installed it will recognise your EE templates and open them in the correct syntax mode.
Installation instructions are the same as above.
Mountee Plug-in
This plug-in adds the ability to launch the Mountee File Preferences window for the file you are currently editing in Coda. You can use either the menu item, or the keyboard shortcut (⌥⇧⌘I).
Installation
- Download, unzip and double-click!
ExpressionEngine 2 Clips
Created by Stefan Rechsteiner
Stefan Rechsteiner created a great bunch of Coda Clips which include tab triggering. Find out more details on his blog.
Installation
- Download, unzip and double-click!
Espresso Resources
Espresso is a gorgeous app with a unified workflow. Here are some ways to extend it for EE projects.
ExpressionEngine 2 Sugar
Developed by Tom Davies
Tom Davies has started work on a alpha version of an updated sugar for EE 2. More details on github and this EE Forum post.
Installation
- Download, unzip and double-click!
ExpressionEngine 1.x Sugar
Developed by Anthony Short
This Espresso sugar gives adds the EE template syntax, giving you codesense, itemizers and more. More details on github
Installation
- Download, unzip and double-click!
Textmate Resources
Textmate is the heavy-lifter of Mac Text-Editors.
