Using phonegap via phonegap CLI instead of phonegap developer app

[har ya]

Hello All, 

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on a problem i am having. I have been using the phonegap developer app for about a week or so, it is an amazing innovation for the world of app development but there is one problem! Third party applications are not allowed on the developer app I just found that out today. So i went vintage and installed phonegap the way it tell me <a href="http://phonegap.com/install/">HERE</a> 

I installed nodeJS ran the command and installed phonegap used the terminal to create a project. 

Now i was wondering could i just go through the files find the app files and start editing them using a basic html text editor? 

Because i know that you must use the terminal to add platform support is this the same for the plugins etc? 

Could someone help me out i would appreciate it a lot!  I was also wondering if the commands are cross compatible if i run a command with the word Cordova in front of it as apposed to phonegap will it still effect my app? is it possible to open an example application?

[jcesarmobile]

Of course, you use the CLI to create the project, add plugins, run, but you edit the html, css and javascript with any editor you want.

[har ya]

Hello JCesarmobile thank you for the response.

 if i run a command with the word Cordova in front of it as apposed to phonegap will it still effect my app? is it possible to open an example application?

[Steve Husting]

If you downloaded phonegap, you would use phonegap in front. If you downloaded cordova, you use cordova in front. If  you downloaded both, then choose one.