To handle our website, Space-O Technologies, we do use following tools.

1. Dreamwever
2. Sublime text

1. Sublime Text editor tool
2. Dreamweaver
3. Xampp/Wamp server

Xamp/Wamp server is the basic tool you need in your system to run and compile the program.
Simple notepad can be use to perform coding but if you demand for tool then for Dreamweaver or notepad++.
To learn wordpress coding visit wordpress codex section. A perfect place to get wordpress coding solution.
Thanks!

• Notepad++
• Wamp

Thanks for the feedback. Let me know, I am familiar with XAMPP. Is Wamp doing basically the same thing? Are there any advantages, or just a matter of personal preference?

Just wondering if anybody knows this tool here:
http://www.javascriptdeveloper.com/w...s-code-editor/
Sounds interesting, but just wondering if anybody has a feedback on it.

I use Edit Plus. Makes programming much easier. https://www.editplus.com/

Notepad++
Wamp

Hi,

I use:

Desktop Tools:
Atom - As my code editor
Git - (BitBucket, free for private repo, for git hosting)
FileZilla - For quick ftping stuff

WordPress Tools:
1. CMB2 Class for adding any type metaboxes, you can say it is like Advance Custom Fields, but you write via code, very easy to manage and add add custom meta boxes
https://github.com/CMB2/CMB2/wiki/Basic-Usage

2. Genesis Framework when I am building WP theme, I mostly build child theme for Genesis framework. https://mohsinrasool.com/genesis-fra...-what-why-how/

3. If Genesis Framework is not option for any given project, I make theme using this WP official starter theme so core is fully robust and helps me get started on the project features without worrying all WP specific details:
http://underscores.me/

4. If i have lot of WP admin stuff to do like automating somethings via command line, I use WP CLI, it helps when you feel limited by HTTP limits, CLI is your friend http://wp-cli.org/

PS. Forgot to add that I stopped using WAMP/LAMP/MAMP and have been using Laravel's valet, it takes any folder in your root directory and create .dev domain like for a project, mywebsite .. url will be mywebsite.dev . It really helps to keep all stuff organized with own custom domain on dev machine which is breeze to replace with actual domain in the end. No more sub-folder mess in htaccess file.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/valet It was originally made for laravel dev but works without any issue for Wordpress dev.

Dreamwever and xampp/wamp server is very useful

Well if you know PHP and other stuff as you mentioned, then its not very difficult for you to begin with, but off-course a right tool can help you boost and enlighten your coding experience, personally i user and prefer to use Phpstorm (its premium) but if you want to use free tool similar to phpstrom then you can use netbeans.

Sublime is also good tool but I always prefer IDE's which makes a programmer life easier.

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I prefer Dreamweaver & Wamp server that's enough.