toolchain.md

Toolchain

Editors

Main

• WebStorm, a JavaScript IDE with code style JavaScript Standard Style.
• Visual Studio Code with extensions:
  • ExtendScript Debugger: used to debug scripts.
  • ShellCheck: Shell script linter.
• TableTool, a GUI for editing CSV files with configurable delimiter and quote characters.

GitHub Pages

Forked from Mediumish Jekyll Template.

• WebStorm.
• Jekyll, static sites generator.

Assets

• Adobe Illustrator, used to manage vectors and generate images.
  • RGB, Screen (72 ppi), Pixels.
  • No color swatches to reduce file size.
  • Non-decimal artboard's position to generate image in exact dimension.
  • Save files in ai format using options:
    • Create PDF Compatible File if such files are directly linked to others, disable otherwise.
    • Use Compression.
  • Generate files in png with Export for Screens... using options:
    • 8-bit for resources.
    • 32-bit for others.

References

Unofficial documentation and scripting guides.

Suite	JavaScript Reference	Guide
JavaScript		JSDoc Guide
ExtendScript & ScriptUI	Index	Wiki JavaScript Tools Guide ScriptUI for Dummies
Illustrator	Index	Scripting Guide
Photoshop	Index