SubJeff on 23/12/2009 at 22:22
I've asked this before but with the new install of Win7 and the fresh drives and ideas, and the fact much time has passed, I need to ask again. For years, as you can tell from this link: (
http://www.htmlbeauty.com/) , I've used the same syntax highlighting editor/file management program for my web coding.
I feel I need something new. Perhaps there is something that recognises AJAX or does some other funky stuff - like having a HTML4/5 library. Or integrated support/help for XML.
I know a lot of people use Notepad or Notepad+ but I need that syntax highlighting and I like having code snippets because I'm lazy like that. I know I can google this stuff but I'd rather recommendations.
I'm unlikely to create anything other than PHP/mySQL driven stuff with a touch of AJAX thrown in. I'm not a big fan of JavaScript and prefer to CSS hack it for simple effects like mouseovers. I'd like to do some Android development eventually too, hence the interest in XML, but I realise that setting up an Android development suite is never going to be integrated with the plain database driven PHP stuff (unless there is some magic thing that does it ALL in which case tell me tell me) so atm I'm just looking for a webdev editor.
Any help?
Al_B on 23/12/2009 at 22:57
I've tended to use notepad++ on the whole (which I know you mention above). However, I've had my eye on (
http://www.aptana.org/) Aptana for a while although haven't had the time to give it a proper evaluation. It's not exactly a lightweight environment, but definitely worth at least checking out to see if it matches your requirements.
MorbusG on 23/12/2009 at 23:06
I just figured to get the obligatory vim/emacs recommendation out of the way.
Looking at the feature-page, that editor of yours seems pretty nice actually.
Phatose on 23/12/2009 at 23:21
Visual Studio has a rather nice library, except for PHP of course.
Notepad++ has syntax highlighting.
deathshadow on 24/12/2009 at 03:08
I prefer Crimson Editor over notepad++, but that's because I can turn OFF things like syntax highlighting (the acid trip colors are more hindrance than help) or tabs (I'm on a four display system, restricting multiple edit sessions to a single window is a step BACKWARDS in functionality)... Even though it offers them too...
Though really, if you are just using your editor.. as a flat text editor, who gives a **** when it was last updated. Does it crash a lot? Is there anything it doesn't do? Are you having compatibility problems with the newest version of windows? If you answer no, no and no, stay with what you are comfortable using.
Nameless Voice on 24/12/2009 at 03:25
You can turn off syntax highlighting in Notepad++ too. Setting the language to "Normal Text" will work once-off. If you want to disable it entirely, you can manually modify the languages setting files and remove all the entries.
Al_B on 24/12/2009 at 03:39
The reason for suggesting Aptana rather than a text editor is because it allows php code to be stepped through, variables inspected etc. during execution. (Although I've only tried it with a few sample cases).
