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2016-02-05, 21:31
First off, apologies if in the wrong forum.
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I'm looking at getting into developing add-ons, etc. and am thinking of setting up a development environment using vmware workstation. Can I run Kodi, with MediaPortal (for example) backend, on a virtual machine or is there a better way to go about this?
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2016-02-05, 21:38
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-05, 21:41 by Lunatixz.)
No IDE, but there are some helpful modules like:
kodistubs
SublimeKodi
as for vm, you can run kodi and backends... but i wouldn't setup a development environment on vm IMO not worth the headache setting up.
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So is there no IDE that I can use to create add-ons, i.e. is it just pure coding?
What about creating the look and feel of the add-on?
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2016-02-05, 23:18
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-05, 23:19 by Lunatixz.)
Yup, I use notepad++
Look and feel... it's all back and forth between notepad & kodi.
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For coding I use PyCharm Community IDE with Kodistubs added to project' dependencies. Testing and debugging is another matter. Unit tests can help you to debug your addon core logic (though I more than often neglect to write unit tests for my addons), but the final testing and debugging is done on a live Kodi instance.
