I personally also am not fond of TestComplete's IDE. We heavily script code so cannot spend the whole day on an IDE I am not comfortable with.
The work around I have is, create a workspace in NotePad++, copy the TC project script files in NotePad++. A few tips to make the transition easy:
- Create a work space in Notepad++
- Create a project within and add all the files there (its just a button click away)
- Customize the extensions supported, add '.sj' extension to use JavaScript language, that way whenever you open the file, don't have to explicitly change the language settings every time you open a file
Features of Notepad++ are very well know, so Im not going there.
Drawbacks:
- No intellicense - I dont use it anyway, we have a complete framework of our own, hardly using TC functions
- Cannot execute in NP++, yeah thats a bummer, no way around it except CTRL + C & V ! :)
- Ali
Happy Scripting!
