Which Editor you prefer the most?

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i'm a beginner in javaScript ,so i started with Aptana , but in few days later i'm getting following error :

Socket connection error. Please try shutting down and restarting your web browser, and then run 'debug' again. Accept timed out

i'm using Ubuntu 10.10
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  • Netbeans and Dreamweaver are best editors.........
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    • agree with you, I used those too...
    • couldn't agree more... I use them for many years, and wouldn't change for nothing.
  • JCreator is much easier than Netbeans but Netbeans consists of more features in it.
  • I'm a notepad++ guy. Portable version as I run my whole dev environment on a USB stick.
  • I use notepad++ for most html/javascript work, and any quick PHP stuff. I have been using PHPStorm for larger PHP sites.

    For working with Javascript, though, the firebug plugin for Firefox is fantastic. Any JS heavy pages get debugged with this, not in an IDE.
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  • Another option to consider is Eclipse + JSDT (JavaScript Dev Tools).

    Cheers!
  • microsoft expression web is also good editor for web development
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    • And here I was thinking I'm the only one who uses it!
  • Dreamweaver
  • Kompozer and Dreamweaver.
  • I love TextWrangler, but I'm pretty sure it's only available on a Mac. On windows, I used to use notepad++.
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    • My personal favourites are Dreamweaver and Notepad++

      I run my development suite from a dedicated computer where as I've seen someone runs it from a memory stick... I might look in to this.
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    • Here here!! Used to be JEdit, but prefer Text Wrangler now. I like an environment that tests me to get the code right manually, rather than adding little quirks and stuff - if I get things wrong, I want to know about it, lol.
  • Notepad++ for Windows, TextMate for Mac.

    I don't bother with WYSIWYG editors, or live previews. Viewing the end result right there in your actual web browser actually saves time (less surprises).
  • Dreamweaver is the best editor which I prefer.
  • I use Editplus 3 and it works great for me.
  • For just editing script quickly I use Programer's notepad - works great for me.
  • Netbeans, then eclipse, then zend
  • Currently using Netbeans for big projects and Notepad++ for editing single files. Been having some problems with Netbeans recently though when uploading files to my server.
  • I have always used DreamWeaver.
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    • These all Editors will give us the Comforts in our work application and i prefer some of the best Editors are

      1) Notepad++.
      2) HTML Text Editors.
      3) Dreamweaver.
      4) PSPad.
      5) Netbeans.
  • The best editor depends on how much experienced you are..

    For novices who just create html pages, for them Dreamweaver will be the best but for an experienced developer ,Dreamweaver is a piece of crap.

    I personally like Edit Plus, simple and clean.
  • for coding eclipse or notepad++ all the way.
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  • Aptana is cool for javascript editing. I wonder why you're getting socket exception. Is that because you're connected to cloud server they provided for a fee?
  • Lightroom is a photo management software which allows some adjustment to your pictures but any serious photo editing will end up to Photoshop or Corel something.The Attribute Editor is being rewritten due to the loss of support for VBA controls.
  • Hello...

    If I have to choose,i would like to use Dreamviewer..
  • TextWrangler is all i use.
  • For the sake of completion I must mention EmEditor. It has native support for 64-bit Windows, super-fast and can support pretty large files (a few gigs are like peanuts).

    I mostly use it for viewing large log files and as a companion editor. For example, if my primary editor is Eclipse, then I would also run EmEditor on the side as a secondary editor to do all the copy/pasting, text formatting, and other temporary placeholder tasks.
  • Dreamweaver, kompozer,and programmers notepad,
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    • These are editors I prefer the most.
      1) Notepad++.
      2) kompozer
      3) PSPad.
  • I always prefer Dreamweaver and Notepad for editing.Mostly I use Dreamweaver because of providing predefined format.
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  • Most of my development is php/javascript/html and I use CodeLobster.

    Andy
  • I'm using Ubuntu and over the years I moved over to a console based editor - vim - which has been tweaked to meet my needs. For a Gui based editor, I like Eclipse and Netbeans. Depends on the type of development that I am building.

    The nice thing about using a console based editor is that I can disconnect from my server, and my session can still be running when I log back into it (with gnu screen) so I don't lose my place when I'm working for the day.
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    • im new here. i hope im not intruding or something else.

      i am looking for someone to teach me how to use kompozer so that i can alter plr packages for uploading.anyone interested or can you point me in the right direction. im a tech idiot and do not understand,

      peter
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  • It depends on the programming language. For HTML, CSS, JavaScript and quick hacking, Notepad++ is my first choice. For C#, Visual C# 2010. And for Java, Netbeans.

    Vim is also a great editor. It's very powerful. I just need to touch up on my touch-typing skills a bit.

    -Revolves
  • I tend to use HTML directly even though visual editing features are getting better release after release. Somehow, we were always taught to handcode and I am convinced that handcoding produces the lightest codebase.
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    • Netbeans is IDE in true sense. It would give you project wide CSS selectors navigation, function hints for Java,PHP and to top it all jQuery which makes it so much handy.It also provides UI based database administration.

      I never went through customizing eclipse with plugins and using it. (except for setting up android adt). So can't speak for it.
  • zend studio 8 for php/java etc
    visual studio for c#, vb.net etc
  • I'm a vim guy. But I use Linux and mainly write C++ and it integrates nicely with make.

    I suggest a form of text editor not IDE for JS and web development in general. Just my opinion though
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    • I have used Notepad++. I like the way it work. I really impress with it's facility. It supports many languages like python, Java, html,Java-script and many more. It will make you easy for coding.
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  • I started with
    * dreamweaver
    moved to
    * eclipse with phpeclipse (not PDT, dont like that, and hated aptana.)
    Tried out netbeans but it had too many issues to really use. (like having to choose between having remote debugging OR having smarty template editing.)

    now absolutely LOVE
    * PhpStorm

    but like schwarzes said in #22 "It really depends where your at."

    PhpStorm has Phenomenal error checking, better than you can believe possible. (if you need it.)

    It runs on linux, mac and windows.

    Remote debugging works with xdebug on remote machines. (if you need that.)

    But there is no WYSIWYG, if you want it, then maybe dreamweaver. But if you want to code in php or javascript, PhpStorm ROCKS!
  • Programmers Notepad here.
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    • phpDesigner7 is a pretty nice editor that supports quite a few languages
  • Depends on system:

    Linux: gedit and vim
    Windows: notepad++
    Mac: textmate and gvim

    If I could work on one system only I'd use textmate on mac all the time
  • Mac BBEdit and Fetch FTP, been using them for years.. Can't go wrong
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    • For an editor - you need to try them all. But prioritize them. Make this your new top priority! Put this at the TOP of your list !!!

      At this point you may be asking, "How about the important tasks at the top of the list already, that one never does?" Admittedly, there is a potential problem here.
      The trick is to pick the right sorts of projects for the top of the list. The ideal sorts of things have two characteristics, First, they seem to have clear deadlines (but really don't). Second, they seem awfully important (but really aren't). Luckily, life abounds with such tasks. In universities the vast majority of tasks fall into this category, and I'm sure the same is true for most other large institutions. Take for example the item right at the top of my list right now. This is finishing an essay for a volume in the philosophy of marketing. It was supposed to be done eleven months ago. I have accomplished an enormous number of important things as a way of not working on it. A couple of months ago, bothered by guilt, I wrote a letter to the editor saying how sorry I was to be so late and expressing my good intentions to get to work. Writing the letter was, of course, a way of not working on the article. It turned out that I really wasn't much further behind schedule than anyone else. And how important is this article anyway? Not so important that at some point something that seems more important won't come along. Then I'll get to work on it.


      Another example is book order forms. I write this in June. In October, I will teach a class on Marketology. The book order forms are already overdue at the book store. It is easy to take this as an important task with a pressing deadline (for you non-procrastinators, I will observe that deadlines really start to press a week or two after they pass.) I get almost daily reminders from the department secretary, students sometimes ask me what we will be reading, and the unfilled order form sits right in the middle of my desk, right under the wrapping from the sandwich I ate last Wednesday. This task is near the top of my list; it bothers me, and motivates me to do other useful but superficially less important things. But in fact, the book store is plenty busy with forms already filed by non-procrastinators. I can get mine in mid-Summer and things will be fine. I just need to order popular well-known books from efficient publishers. I will accept some other, apparently more important, task sometime between now and, say, August 1st. Then my psyche will feel comfortable about filling out the order forms as a way of not doing this new task.
      The observant reader may feel at this point that structured procrastination requires a certain amount of self-deception, since one is in effect constantly perpetrating a pyramid scheme on oneself. Exactly. One needs to be able to recognize and commit oneself to tasks with inflated importance and unreal deadlines, while making oneself feel that they are important and urgent. This is not a problem, because virtually all procrastinators have excellent self-deceptive skills also. And what could be more noble than using one character flaw to offset the bad effects of another?

      So make sure you don't procrastinate in installing new web-editors as it's very important that you get it to the top of the list in order to .. (finish it for me - I'm getting a drink)

      ---Vanfenix
    • dreamweaver or visual studio
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  • I used kompozer for basic sites like Fascias soffits quote upvc cladding fascias soffits cheap
    otherwise I use wordpress.
  • I use Adobe CS4 with Dreamweaver, photoshop, fireworks, flash, soundbooth...

    It was well worth the $300 I paid for it!
  • I am Using Netbeans for ample projects, and Notepad ++ to adapt individual files. Been accepting some problems with Netbeans afresh admitting if uploading files to my server.
  • Microsoft Visual studio is the best editor.From that I am developing web application easily.That editor support more than 44 language.In this editor there are three part.One of the asp.net,second is the vb.net and third one is the compact mobile platform.
  • BlueJ is a free IDE, Java applications can be downloaded directly from the BlueJ web site. It is designed to make it easier for students to understand object-oriented programming, it's the most popular university courses.
  • I use gedit for everything,

    And Monodevelop or vs for c#.
  • Well if you're a beginner you could always use Dreamweaver as a start.
  • I find Kompozer is very straight forward to use and it is also free.
  • notepad++ for all html needs, rapidcss for css and phpdesigner 7, however I dont really like phpdesigner7 .... its just that I got used to it
  • I love TextPad. very cool features.
  • I'm using Notepad++ for all my projects. Very clean and professional
  • For Ubuntu 10.10, I recommend gPHPEditor, it's available thru the Synaptic Package Manager.

    And for windows, hands down it goes to Dreamweaver.
  • I started with Microsoft Frontpage but now I'm using Dreaweaver. Never look back ever since. I've tried CoffeeCup for a while but it's just not for me.
  • Adobe Dreamweaver can't go wrong. But for Ubuntu i don't know.
  • I am using Jetbrain's PhpStorm IDE which is a Java based application. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Web version that is just Html, Javascript, CSS but since I code a lot with PHP the PhpStorm IDE adds that capability on top of the webstorm product.

    A lot of people are actually leaving Netbeans and switching to PhpStorm now. Six months ago I was coding entirely by hand in PsPad but my applications are just too complex to maintain that way and bug tracking is a nightmare so I went looking for an IDE and chose PhpStorm. Until then I never knew you could set watch points for php code debugging.

    - T
  • Notpad++ and UltraEdit
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  • I am using Notepad++ very fast and its freeware, also a good editor is macromedia dreamweaver.
  • I've used HTML-kit for everything except C++
  • I'm currently using either TextWrangler or Kod but TextWrangler is my favourite as it is extremely stable. Otherwise, go with notepad++
  • Notepad++ is fantastic - highly recommended, light weight and slick.
  • I use a mix of Komposer, Code Lobster (for php this is a gem and the pro version is worth an upgrade if you code for Wordpress, etc), Coffee Cup HTML Editor and Notepad.

    As someone has already said - its a matter of picking the right tool for the right job.

    Andy
  • notepad++ for something lightweight
    netbeans for a full blown IDE
    (plus of course firebug for your browser)

    best of all: all of these are FREE!
  • EditPlus is My choose!
  • I use programmer's notepad,its very easy to use,user-friendly interface and all language are supported.
  • for java i mostly use netbeans...and its really great....
  • try dreamweaver + notepad++ + w3schools for reference
  • hmmm.... just realised with surprise that this hasn't turned into a flamewar between vi & emacs! A reflection on WF really :-s
    (though I note vim at least got mentioned a couple of times)
  • I also use Dreamweaver and Notepad++, but my favorite is still Hot Dog Professional. I've been using it a LONG time, but since the company is now defunct it's time is limited.
  • for beginner i think you should using notepad++ it's easy to using for PHP programming...
    i try it too and i think it's great...
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  • For a beginner I would go with a visual web design software like dreamweaver, komodo or the like or just use a CMS like wordpress that way you don't have to do any editing of html or css.

    The text editors are for those that already understand html,css, php etc... or at least know it well enough to not need a visual editor.

    The more you build your web design skills the less you rely on the visual editors like dreamweaver. I personally have out grown dreamweaver and moved on to hand coding with PsPad and beyond to a full fledged IDE for web development.

    Somethings you just can't do strictly from a text based editor like PsPad and as your sites become more complex it is almost impossible to keep track of everything or debug without using a proper IDE.

    - T
  • Dreamweaver CS5, but Aptana is nice too.
  • For text editor, Notepad2.
    For IDE, depends on what language I'm programming in.
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  • Notepad++ on the desktop or ViM in the shell.
  • If you only dev in java I recommend Netbeans, has multiple features, or JCreator is not so complete but is easy to use. If you dev in multiple language I recommend Dreamweaver.
  • Editplus and DreamWeaver both are good.
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  • for just editing and typing I prefer to use Netbeans....Best use by programmers...
  • visual studio 2010, expression studio 4, textpad.
  • When I was using Ubuntu I liked Aptana (3) the best...now textmate takes the cake on my macbook air
  • Hi,

    I have to suggest you javascripts connection error with Komodo 4.4 to 5.0


    Regards
    Jams Lebron
    Magento Developer Magento Development India
  • As per my view and experience Dreamweaver is more better than any other because n the "Design" mode I was able to do the entirety of the grunt work very easily to produce this simple page. Dreamweaver's automation handled the difficult parts; I simply had to define which zones on the image were going to be links and then specify where those links went.
  • I've always used PSPad and will continue using it, regardless whether I'm writing php/html/vb
  • RubyMine and PyCharm are both awesome products if you are doing ruby or python work.

    Right now my editor of choice is Kate.
  • They were using Notepad++. They like the way it work. It really impress with it's facility. It supports many languages like python, Java, html,Java-script and many more. It will make everyone easy for coding.
  • I like notepad++, but use jEdit since it is cross platform and highly extensible.
  • Dreamweaver, if you really studied how to the WYSIWYG features

    Netbeans and Aptana, if you want everything hand coded
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    • I also use Dreamweaver and Notepad++, but my favorite is still Hot Dog Professional. I've been using it a LONG time, but since the company is now defunct it's time is limited.
  • Ubuntu 10.10 is good........
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    • Vim,EMacs,Aptana sounds Pretty (even though Aptana have lot of bugs) , Vim is Awesome !!!
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    • I am preferring to dreamweaver for writing my PHP code. Because it is most flexible editor for writing the code also it can support the ASP, JSP, CSS, DHTML, PERL, JAVA, JavaScript and many other languages. So that in single editor you can write the code in multiple languages and technology.
  • There's nothing that comes even close to TextMate for Mac. Period.
  • Microsoft expression web 4.0 is great if you prefer WYSIWYG editors, but Notepad++ is great for just editing.
  • When it comes to java, it will be jCeator. But,,noptepad++ will dofor other simple scripting such as pearl and php.
  • phpDesigner7?? I have never heard of it. Must check it out soon!!!
  • Notepad ++, neatbeans, Eclips........ these are my favourites
  • Dreamweaver cause it's easy.
  • I used Dream weaver for some time but later abandoned it for design limitations, to day I mainly use Content management systems to Design my websites they do well
  • Definitely vim the hotkeys are amazing... or notepad++ simple and quick! Dreamweaver and other heavy editors are slow. They can be useful if you're doing design, but I'm not a designer so no.
  • Microsoft Visual studio is the best editor.From that I am developing web application easily.That editor support more than 44 language.In this editor there are three part.One of the asp.net,second is the vb.net and third one is the compact mobile platform.
  • Macro-media Dreamwever is my favorite editor. I am using it for last several month and it provide great flexibility and it is well for all kind of technology and software. Macro-media Dreamwever also support many languages.
  • Which editor you prefer most :-
    1. Edit plus
    2. Turbo plus
    3. Java plus
    4. Program studio
  • Over here it's Programmer's Notepad & Dreamweaver
  • Microsoft Visual studio is the best editor.These is a Web application that is easy to develop. There are three part in this editor.One of the asp.net, vb.net and second is the third one is the compact mobile platform.
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  • I'm currently using Sublime Text 2, currently I used Geany.
  • Which editor are best :-
    1. Notepad plus plus
    2. Edit plus
    3. Gedit
  • I prefer Gedit, Leafpad and Bluefish in linux.
  • Dreamweaver is the best for me.
  • I don't have a large criteria for coding software, but they're extremely important in my book:
    • Syntax highlighting
    • Code autocomplete/lookup (that isn't annoying)
    • Built in SFTP for quick updates
    • Version Control support (Git) is a bonus

    There are only two that I've felt comfortable with:
    • Dreamweaver (Windows)
    • Coda (Mac)

    I used netbeans but it was a resource hog on my Mac. Also used textwrangler heavily, but it didn't have any sort of autocomplete.

    There are times I would lose the flow in development simply because I forgot what order the needle/haystack was in strpos (explode has this in the opposite order.) or something else minor. If you're juggling several variables in your head the worst possible thing that could happen, bar external distractions, is to become distracted trying to remember the name of that function or the order of the arguments.
  • Hi every one,

    without any boubt Netbeans,Dreamweaver,Notepad and kompozer are the best....
  • google chrome inspect element and dreamweaver.
  • I prefer dream weaver and I think this is the best editor for website development using all language like ASP.Net , VB, PHP,JSP etc.
  • UltraEdit - simple and clean, prefect for coding.
  • Notepad, all you'll ever need.
  • I use Notepad++ for Windows source code editing and gvim for editing source code on remote Linux systems.
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  • 'Vim' and 'Sublime Text 2'
  • JCreator is much simpler than Netbeans but Netbeans includes more functions in it.
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  • I am a php programmer and most of the time i would prefer to use dreamweaver software for the editing of my php pages and for asp.net pages i use visual studio 2008
  • I used Aptana for a long time. There were many times when it made me want to shut my hand in a door.

    Now I use PyCharm and its way easier to use.
  • Really I feel friendly with notepad++ as I am a windows user. But I can't say it as the best.
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    My opinion Dreamweaver ,
    it's so user friendly than aptana.
  • NotePad++ ,CodeLobster,Eclipse ...but NotePad++ I prefer most !
  • i use eclipse for everything : JAVA, PHP , on Ubuntu and Windows.
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    Which Editor you prefer the most?

    i'm a beginner in javaScript ,so i started with Aptana , but in few days later i'm getting following error : Socket connection error. Please try shutting down and restarting your web browser, and then run 'debug' again. Accept timed out