I've been testing out text editors for a few days and I think I found my fave, Komodo Edit. I'm on windows and I wish I could test out Textmate and Coda. Those of you using Windows,
I know people whine about the price tag, but you're certainly not buying it alone, you're getting it as a part of a creative suite (most designers and developers are going to need access to Photoshop and Illustrator at least).
I like its FTP function (despite some extremely minor complaints about it lagging occasionally). I enjoy the auto closing tags (which you can also find in the majority of other editors). All in all, most of us are using a CS of some sort, why not use the program that comes with it?
I know people whine about the price tag, but you're certainly not buying it alone, you're getting it as a part of a creative suite (most designers and developers are going to need access to Photoshop and Illustrator at least).
I like its FTP function (despite some extremely minor complaints about it lagging occasionally). I enjoy the auto closing tags (which you can also find in the majority of other editors). All in all, most of us are using a CS of some sort, why not use the program that comes with it?
I have Dreamweaver CS4. I like it but I don't like that it is a resource hog. I would rather save my memory for Photoshop and Illustrator. Other then that I do use it when I forget certain CSS and HTML tag.
When I use other text editors, I like how I am forced to hand-code. This helps me learn and remember HTML and CSS.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't hand-code. I was just saying that Dreamweaver makes me lazy when I use it because it is so much easier for me to use the nifty tools available on Dreamweaver. :D
Lately, I've been completely using Ruby and Yaml, so I would have to say RubyMine. I use HAML and SASS for the HTML/CSS (respectively), RJS for Javascript (does what I need) and rails is my main framework of choice. RubyMine is the best IDE I've found for the job.
I use Dreamweaver to hand code but just because it came with CS3 (which I got for photoshop). I tested Coda and loved it, would be great to use but I can't justify $100 when I already have DW.
I can't count the number of times I've gone back to the drawing board looking for the perfect text editor nor the number of text editors I've tried. If you're looking for a real text editor I think Ultra Edit will fit your perfectly: http://www.ultraedit.com. It's column mode feature is unique and very, very useful.
Also, Dreamweaver is NOT a text editor; sorry to all the DW fans. It has the capability to edit text files, but it lacks a number of features that should be available from a text editor. It's a web editor and IMHO not a very good one at that.
Also, Dreamweaver is NOT a text editor; sorry to all the DW fans. It has the capability to edit text files, but it lacks a number of features that should be available from a text editor. It's a web editor and IMHO not a very good one at that.
Snippets, auto complete, ftp, etc are all features of a development environment (I realize that Ultra Edit, my example text editor, does have ftp capabilities, but I should note that only in some of the most recent versions :) ). Typically, IDEs have much fewer "power tools" for manipulating text. While that has changed some in the past few years with bigger and more bloated IDEs, I still think there is a line between the two. For example, finely-tuned control over find and replace, column editing, hex editing and scripting/macros are features typically only found in text editors. Don't get me wrong, I use both, I just think there is a time and a place for each.
[quote="akeenlabs"]Also, Dreamweaver is NOT a text editor; sorry to all the DW fans. It has the capability to edit text files, but it lacks a number of features that should be available from a text editor. It's a web editor and IMHO not a very good one at that.
I'd love to hear your reasoning behind this.
Color coding, snippets, auto complete, ftp...[/quote]
With you on that. I don't use DW from day to day, but I used to when I was big into PHP development. DW is a complete, fully featured editor with plenty-a-helpings of extra odds and ends.
Fair enough. I didn't mean to antagonize or anything, was simply curious.
I use it at work because that's simply what we have installed on our machines. Due to my familiarity with it, I use it at home as well. I keep on putting off trying Coda, I should really give it a go.
I use Dreamweaver CS4. It's a very good web editor and it's very easy keeping track of all my files and can post and retrieve files quickly.
It feels very heavy though. Is there another program for windows that can do everything that Dreamweaver does but in a lighter way. Does that make any sense?
UPDATE EDIT: I just started using Aptana, and I'm liking it a lot. Very nice UI, it's easier to type up code in. It has more defining colors than Dreamweaver which uses only a couple for large portions so Aptana is a lot easier to look at.
Also, a feature I really like, when you're adding a style to an element in html or css, it has a little icon for each browser that style applies to. Haven't checked remote server stuff yet, but it looks like it's gonna be very good.
I use WeBuilder, It is one of the best I have used on windows. Light on resources and plenty of features, I'm a fan of coding everything without any help, so up until recently was just using Notepad++ (simple syntax highlighting). I wanted a built in FTP to remotely edit/save so stumbled on WeBuilder. makes life so much easier to just ctrl+s then tab over to see the live site change.
It's a little pricey but if your a windows user it's definitely worth checking out (besides there's always a free trial.) http://www.blumentals.net/webuilder/
I use Dreamweaver CS3 for my web design work. I have been using this one last two years. Its very nice web editor. I had many site completed with the help of this editor.
I'm amazed no one's mentioned Notepad++ yet. I think it works beautifully, and the plugins for it give quite a bit of functionality. It can have code completion, and live site editing with it's FTP plugin. All and all a very nice program, imho.
i m using netbeans with php enabled. and it rocks. if you are doing serious oop based programming then netbeans is really cool. as it gives you ability to move to any where in your project easily. by just clicking function name it can open files accodingly from any directory in the project. as well as it can show reflection and inheritence between things. that's pretty cool as currently no editor is close to it.
i used to use dreamweaver but after using netbeans i have almost forget dreamweaver. and i still use notepad++ to make quick changes using winscp or total commander. :)
Oh, are we doing updates on this one? I had tried Aptana (which I mentioned in an earlier post) but it was pretty buggy. Had some issues pulling and putting files. Also had some weird permission issues. I switched back to dreamweaver but I'm still open to other options on Windows. But it also needs to have built in FTP.
I used Komodo Edit till a couple of days ago. After I installed my SSD I thought I should try a new editor. I'm on JetBrains PhpStorm now and I have to say I already like it more then Komodo Edit! Just to give one thing which is better then Komodo: It highlights html and sql in php strings!
It looks much cooler too :P
Edit: I also used Notepad++ for quick edits. After I got PhpStorm I didn't feel the need to install N++.
The thread on this screencast turned up a ton of suggestions for Windows, since the clear winner on Mac is TextMate =) (Although Coda and Espresso have their fans)
What is your favorite editor?
On Mac, Whats your Favorite?
What others would you suggest for me to try?
I use the latest netbeans editor netbeans.org
It has remote edit, like coda. I have my whole remote site on it, and I can edit/save to the remote site.
works great.
I know people whine about the price tag, but you're certainly not buying it alone, you're getting it as a part of a creative suite (most designers and developers are going to need access to Photoshop and Illustrator at least).
I like its FTP function (despite some extremely minor complaints about it lagging occasionally). I enjoy the auto closing tags (which you can also find in the majority of other editors). All in all, most of us are using a CS of some sort, why not use the program that comes with it?
I have Dreamweaver CS4. I like it but I don't like that it is a resource hog. I would rather save my memory for Photoshop and Illustrator. Other then that I do use it when I forget certain CSS and HTML tag.
When I use other text editors, I like how I am forced to hand-code. This helps me learn and remember HTML and CSS.
For the record, I ONLY hand code in DW.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't hand-code. I was just saying that Dreamweaver makes me lazy when I use it because it is so much easier for me to use the nifty tools available on Dreamweaver. :D
I agree DW is a resource hog.
Also, Dreamweaver is NOT a text editor; sorry to all the DW fans. It has the capability to edit text files, but it lacks a number of features that should be available from a text editor. It's a web editor and IMHO not a very good one at that.
I'd love to hear your reasoning behind this.
Color coding, snippets, auto complete, ftp...
Snippets, auto complete, ftp, etc are all features of a development environment (I realize that Ultra Edit, my example text editor, does have ftp capabilities, but I should note that only in some of the most recent versions :) ). Typically, IDEs have much fewer "power tools" for manipulating text. While that has changed some in the past few years with bigger and more bloated IDEs, I still think there is a line between the two. For example, finely-tuned control over find and replace, column editing, hex editing and scripting/macros are features typically only found in text editors. Don't get me wrong, I use both, I just think there is a time and a place for each.
I'd love to hear your reasoning behind this.
Color coding, snippets, auto complete, ftp...[/quote]
With you on that. I don't use DW from day to day, but I used to when I was big into PHP development. DW is a complete, fully featured editor with plenty-a-helpings of extra odds and ends.
I use it at work because that's simply what we have installed on our machines. Due to my familiarity with it, I use it at home as well. I keep on putting off trying Coda, I should really give it a go.
Already been done http://www.netbeans.org. I use it for all my remote sites. view all remote files, sync, edit, snippets...
It feels very heavy though. Is there another program for windows that can do everything that Dreamweaver does but in a lighter way. Does that make any sense?
UPDATE EDIT:
I just started using Aptana, and I'm liking it a lot. Very nice UI, it's easier to type up code in. It has more defining colors than Dreamweaver which uses only a couple for large portions so Aptana is a lot easier to look at.
Also, a feature I really like, when you're adding a style to an element in html or css, it has a little icon for each browser that style applies to. Haven't checked remote server stuff yet, but it looks like it's gonna be very good.
I use WeBuilder, It is one of the best I have used on windows. Light on resources and plenty of features, I'm a fan of coding everything without any help, so up until recently was just using Notepad++ (simple syntax highlighting). I wanted a built in FTP to remotely edit/save so stumbled on WeBuilder. makes life so much easier to just ctrl+s then tab over to see the live site change.
It's a little pricey but if your a windows user it's definitely worth checking out (besides there's always a free trial.) http://www.blumentals.net/webuilder/
Its very nice web editor. I had many site completed with the help of this editor.
i used to use dreamweaver but after using netbeans i have almost forget dreamweaver. and i still use notepad++ to make quick changes using winscp or total commander. :)
I'm still using Dreamweaver at work (installed on all of our machines, Windows).
I finally got around to trying out Coda, it is my new 1st choice for working at home (Mac).
Notepad++ on Windows.
It looks much cooler too :P
Edit: I also used Notepad++ for quick edits. After I got PhpStorm I didn't feel the need to install N++.
http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/90-simple-textmate-tips/