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Solis — A live design output that integrates with code editor
A Live Design Output that integrates seamlessly with code editor to deliver real time, multi viewport previewing of HTML, CSS, SASS and LESS as you write it.
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@itsnblackburn Does it make sense to be a frontend dev on anything but a mac these days?
@itsnblackburn Really? Even with sketch and other apps being mac only, and with certain packages requiring *nix-based OSs? I'm not really fussed, I've just never heard or seen anyone say using Windows is just as good as any other OS for development.
@itsnblackburn @duarteosrm I'm late chiming in here but before I comment, I understand that some products have to have regional boundaries and why some don't. With that being said, a MAC in Africa (where I'm from & where I reside) is not the most "accessible" piece of hardware. It is not regionally blocked, it's just super expensive. This has never stopped us from making the most of what is available..which is Windows. I may be wrong here but your thread seems to imply that it "doesn't makes sense" to develop helpful frontend dev tools for anything other than a mac. You have successfully excluded the majority of the market share for computers.
TL:DR - My thoughts are all over the place here but what I am trying to say is that an OS shouldn't be rendered "nonsensical" simply because another OS excels in one or a few other aspects.
Excellent work @normsheeran. Will be even more awesome when we can use it for any of our locally hosted sites (I know you are working on this already). Please make sure you add compatibility with Local by Flywheel 😉
@craigcpaterson Thanks buddy! I am literally working on this right now, Im hoping to have the feature expanded within the next few days.
@normsheeran that is great news. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to using Solis as part of my workflow 😃
@craigcpaterson Hey Craig, did you try the latest version of Solis v1.0.1? It might work a little better for you now.
@normsheeran I have just tried connecting to a locally installed installation of WordPress and it worked 👍🏻. Would be nice to see support for the WordPress file structure when connecting to a WP site (if that is even possible). Currently Solis lists "all" files and there can be many 'functions.php' files making it harder to select the correct file.
@_pascalandy yeah sure, you can try the trial at the bottom of the page near the buy button: https://solisapp.com/
Norm does the licence key only work on one mac? I installed my key on my work laptop and it's not working on my mac at home. I work from home regularly so kind of gutted if I can only use it at work.
I tried to find more info on licence key on your website but didn't come across anything so thought I'd maybe get a reply here
@corbanb Nope :(. I happened to have a Rekit project running so I tested that and it worked, but on save only. So in that case, it just works as a really pretty looking way to visualize multiple viewports at once. A create-react-app didn't work at all. Norm mentions above that it doesn't support JSX, which could mean that it would either need to explicitly add support for it, or maybe that's just not part of how it works and therefore doesn't need to deal with it.
Not really any information on how this works behind the scenes, so it's hard to tell where the line is
@normsheeran thanks, man! you launch on promise date :D
Yesterday, I use trial version small query.
It's load project complete?
I do not get an option. It's the only load .html :/
Looks interesting, but how can i
a) custom domains (not: http:://localhost)
b) scss/css not in the same folder
@normsheeran thanks, that brings it closer to being a valuable tool for me. scss/css custom folders is coming/planned?
Love the idea, but it didn't work that well for me. A few things:
- Tried to load a wordpress site on localhost/ but just gave me beach ball of death and crashed each time
- Needs support for custom-domains.dev
- Would be great if I could show/hide the toolbar on top. I have a small screen, and would love to use as much space for the website as possible. Also it's less distracting and you probably won't use the tools all the time when developing, mostly when the project first is setup.
Will make sure to check out future updates.
Also, when doing split screen (between Terminal and Solis), I can't make the Solis window less that 50% of the screen. I have a 13" MacBook, so would be great to have it take up even less space. :) Also would be cool if I could change the background color, so that it could match my text editor background ;) https://imgur.com/a/KK3Lr
You should mimic Terminal icon in size and bezel. Now it's ALMOST similar, but not quite. 😅 https://imgur.com/a/ELHZoGZ
@eivindml We just release Solis V1.0.1 you can see the change log here: https://solisapp.com/release-not...
• Custom domain support - Added
• Hide Toolbar - Added
• Allow smaller app window - Added
• Set canvas Background colour - Added
@normsheeran So awesome! Now I can develop like a ninja. https://imgur.com/lhjcykG
Two things:
• When opening my local dev url, I get "Solis does not support opening live URL's. Would you like to open this URL in your browser?" Not shure what that means. Is it related to BrowserSync? If so, that is one feature which would be great to support.
• When opening my project, I get a spinning beach ball. I thought it completely crashed, so I've been force quitting it. But after I waited for a long time, everything loaded (almost 1 minute). This was with 3 canvases. Loaded faster when I just had one. Looks maybe like it's loading everything on the main thread or something, so that all other interactions are disabled while the screens are loading.
Love the way it looks, signed up for the trial, looking forward to testing it out. Big barrier to growth and adoption you guys face is the requirement to buy to get any real value out of it. It should really be a freemium model. Basics are free, plugins and advanced features require a one time purchase.
Early growth and adoption is key to the future success of a product like this! Just my two cents :)
Looks cool, but might get a bit bulky when you could just use http://app.xrespond.com/ on one monitor and code editor on the other?
Hey Meta