Anyone have instructions or a link to a tutorial for how to get the Roku SDK setup in VS 2010? I have used VS for a while, but have never had occasion to add an SDK so this is new ground for me.Thanks!

There's no integration with Visual Studio supported. However, viewing the .brs files as .vb files gives you pretty good syntax highlighting in VS.--Kevin

Well, I suppose I should have asked what the best way to use the SDK is then. I can't get it to open, and I thought I saw somewhere that it would run in an IDE. When I double click the executable in the SDK folder I get a brief flash of a command window and then nothing.I have tried this on my Win 7 (64 bit) and Macbook (Snow Leopard) machines with the same results.Thanks!

The sdk is distributed as a zip file. You need to unzip it first to view the contents.Please start by going through this sticky thread:viewtopic.php?f=34&t=36014--Kevin

I use wordpad - which probably isn't the best way, but it works for me.

"destruk" wrote:I use wordpad - which probably isn't the best way, but it works for me.I hope you at least use a fixed width font...I use vi/vim, and the vbs highlighting seems to work well enough that it's useful. Personally, I think syntax highlighting is probably the single biggest enhancement that can be made over a plain vanilla text editor for writing source code.

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RokuKevin
Visitor
15 years ago
There's no integration with Visual Studio supported. However, viewing the .brs files as .vb files gives you pretty good syntax highlighting in VS.

--Kevin
bishop
Visitor
15 years ago
Well, I suppose I should have asked what the best way to use the SDK is then. I can't get it to open, and I thought I saw somewhere that it would run in an IDE. When I double click the executable in the SDK folder I get a brief flash of a command window and then nothing.

I have tried this on my Win 7 (64 bit) and Macbook (Snow Leopard) machines with the same results.

Thanks!
RokuKevin
Visitor
15 years ago
The sdk is distributed as a zip file. You need to unzip it first to view the contents.

Please start by going through this sticky thread:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=36014

--Kevin
destruk
Streaming Star
15 years ago
I use wordpad - which probably isn't the best way, but it works for me.
kbenson
Visitor
15 years ago
"destruk" wrote:
I use wordpad - which probably isn't the best way, but it works for me.

I hope you at least use a fixed width font...

I use vi/vim, and the vbs highlighting seems to work well enough that it's useful. Personally, I think syntax highlighting is probably the single biggest enhancement that can be made over a plain vanilla text editor for writing source code.
renojim
Community Streaming Expert
15 years ago
I've been using Notepad++ (free) with vbs syntax highlighting and the function list plugin. Works great!

-JT
TheEndless
Roku Guru
15 years ago
"renojim" wrote:
I've been using Notepad++ (free) with vbs syntax highlighting and the function list plugin. Works great!

-JT

I use Notepad++ with vbs syntax highlighting as well, but I didn't know about the Function List plugin. Nice one!
RokuChris
Roku Employee
15 years ago
For anyone using a Mac, TextWrangler is my favorite. It does syntax coloring, function listing, and code folding just to name a few. It also balances symbols like () {} [] while you type, so if you hit a ) and it doesn't detect a matching ( it will alert you right away. That feature alone has saved me more than a few times.
evilmax17
Visitor
15 years ago
"RokuChris" wrote:
For anyone using a Mac, TextWrangler is my favorite. It does syntax coloring, function listing, and code folding just to name a few. It also balances symbols like () {} [] while you type, so if you hit a ) and it doesn't detect a matching ( it will alert you right away. That feature alone has saved me more than a few times.

This is what I've been using, with Javascript highlighting.

Could you tell me more about function listing? Not seeing that, think I might have missed an option somewhere.

You wouldn't also happen to have any customized BrightScript plugins for TextWrangler would you?
RokuChris
Roku Employee
15 years ago
"evilmax17" wrote:
Could you tell me more about function listing, and symbol balancing? Not seeing either of these, think I might have missed an option somewhere.

You wouldn't happen to have any customized BrightScript plugins for TextWrangler would you?

I set the syntax coloring to VBScript and it works pretty well

The function list is at the top of the editor window. To turn it on go to View->Show Navigation Bar

Balance while typing is in the "Editor Defaults" section of the preferences