What is your coding environment and workflow?

[taw_bip]

With a full time job and family, it's hard to make time to work on watchfaces. I've yet to get enough time to recreate some of the more interesting watchfaces from Facer that I'd like to get on my T-Rex 2.

I used to make them fairly easily for my Verge Lite. It took a bit of work initially but with help from SashaCX75's excellent tools and dismantling watchfaces, I saw how the JSON file and graphics worked together. Once I got a simple watchface under my belt, it got progressively easier.

But I've yet to make a single one for my T-Rex 2. The coding is more complex. I find it difficult to get all the pieces working together -- code editor and Zepp OS simulator. The Zepp Player is a great substitute but it doesn't work in all scenarios. The online Zepp watchface maker wouldn't work for me -- until I realized it doesn't like my VPN.

I'm curious how people make their watchfaces -- what does your setup look like and what is your workflow?What tips helped make it easier for you to produce a watchface that you can offer for people who are trying to get started?

I realize some people make money and need to encrypt their watchfaces so I'm thankful for the people who let everyone see their code so I can start to put the pieces together.

I'm finding some AI tools helpful to translate what some code means. I found Claude.ai to be extremely good with code but I'm wondering if there are better ones out there.

[Omaradsl]

why go crazy behind coding, programming language, strings and numbers, when there is the excellent Sasha editor?

[taw_bip]

why go crazy behind coding, programming language, strings and numbers, when there is the excellent Sasha editor?

I started out making basic watchfaces for the Verge Lite with just images so I've been there already.

When I see what is possible with watchfaces like the "HORN Pixel Concentric" https://amazfitwatchfaces.com/t-rex/view/10843?hl=en or the HaDe MNML VIII https://www.facer.io/watchface/ZMSb5yWO ... ssicsilver -- those are the ones that excite me and ones I'd like to produce.

[SashaCX75]

In my editor you can make a template for such watch faces. And then you can add necessary functions yourself using this documentation and basic knowledge of JS.

[taw_bip]

In my editor you can make a template for such watch faces. And then you can add necessary functions yourself using this documentation and basic knowledge of JS.

Thanks. I need to go back to basics and start all over with the new editor.