What web development tools do you use?

[GundamSonicZeroX]

If I need to see what the hell I'm creating, Dreamweaver 8. If I'm just creating a copy of another page with some changes (ie. a new page for a comic) I use HTML-Kit. I use Stylus Studio 2007 for my RSS feeds and other XML stuff.

 

[xtknight]

gedit and DreamWeaver

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
you know, I remember when it was cool to say you used notepad instead of frontpage or homesite or whatever ide was popular back in the day. But now it's kind of pathetic. It's like using a a typewriter instead of a word processor app on your computer. Sure it gets the job done, but you'd be so much more productive in Word.

Just make sure you don't use Word to make HTML docs. It creates absolutely disgusting code.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: xtknight
gedit and DreamWeaver

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
you know, I remember when it was cool to say you used notepad instead of frontpage or homesite or whatever ide was popular back in the day. But now it's kind of pathetic. It's like using a a typewriter instead of a word processor app on your computer. Sure it gets the job done, but you'd be so much more productive in Word.

Just make sure you don't use Word to make HTML docs. It creates absolutely disgusting code.

Yeah. I laug at those who use it. It's especially hilarious when you can see that someone hit the "Save as webpage" option and you can see all their code. :laugh:

 

[bluestrobe]

Dreamweaver at home on XP and Quantra on my Ubuntu laptop.

 

[Cooler]

Notepad++.

 

[mcturkey]

Another vote for Notepad++. I guess I'm ancient in that I remember coding a lot of HTML just using notepad. But now with PHP, JavaScript, and CSS... syntax highlighting is crucial. I can't use a WYSIWYG editor, as most of my code has to be run on the server. I still use command-line FTP for all my uploading (which is fine until I have to upload fifty images).

My only gripe with Notepad++ is that occasionally it seems to think that my PHP code is actually HTML and switches the format of the syntax highlighting -- a bug that I'm sure will be fixed soon.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: TeamZero
Notepad - html/css/javascript/php

Firefox(PHPMyAdmin) - MySQL management

Same here. I also have tried NaviCat for MySQL management. It's nice overall.

 

[TeamZero]

I'll add that I use SmartFTP for...FTP.

 

[GoatMonkey]

For Java I use Eclipse. We used to use JBuilder, but the new upgrade licenses got to expensive.

For .net I use Visual Studio.

For SQL I use Toad.

For JavaScript debugging I use the Firebug Firefox plugin.

I use TextPad for viewing large log files, or to remove junk characters from something copied with the clipboard.

For HTML/CSS editing I use either Visual Studio or Eclipse depending on if the rest of the project is .net or Java. I never use the graphical drag features of Visual Studio, they just generate garbage HTML.

As web/app servers I use IIS, Tomcat and Weblogic.

For versioning we use an old old version of PVCS Version Manager. No integration with anything, but it gets the job done.

 

[tfinch2]

RAD/Eclipse
TextPad
Emacs over SSH

 

[Schadenfroh]

FrontPage



Go ahead and laugh or call me an idiot or lazy.

I like it and I am not smug enough to use notepad (although I am fully capable).

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
FrontPage



Go ahead and laugh or call me an idiot or lazy.

I like it and I am not smug enough to use notepad (although I am fully capable).

hahahahahahahahaha

*gulps for air*

hahahahahahahahaha



Just kidding, whatever works for you is always best.

 

[stndn]

When I used to use windows, I would use crimson editor. It hasn't been updated for ages, but it's still useful at its current state.

When I'm doing stuffs on Mac, I would use smultron

Nowadays we're mostly on linux, and I'd use kate that comes with KDE.

Btw, anyone knows if I can get kate to run on Mac OS X?


-stndn.

 

[chanfo]

LOL, I still use vi to edit html stuff on a unix box.

 

[rchiu]

websphere studio at work and eclipse at home
golden from Benthic Software for testing SQL stuff
text pad for any supplemental text manipulations.

 

[cyclistca]

Eclipse for Java
EditPlus for test files
iReports for Jasper Report development

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: engineereeyore

Originally posted by: Evadman
I use jedit. For those that are using notepad, the change is well worth it just for the syntax highlighting. Makes it much easier to spot syntax errors.

That's what Notepad++ is for. Open-source, support several formats, uses tabs, very nice.

jEdit does all that and more. jEdit is like an open source version of ultra edit, with a large base of support.

For example, I do lots of T-SQL programming in it. I have it set so that if I click and hold the right mouse button and draw a check mark, it saves the file. If I draw a left check mark, and I am editing a procedure it sends it to the server and updates the proc. Then if I draw an upside down checkmark (the carret symbol above the 6) it will execute the proc and return the results.

I can design, save, implement and test in about 5 seconds all without leaving my development environment. I have the same kind of stuff set up with my ASP pages where the page gets saved to the local library, the test server or the production server.

I am not putting down Notepad++ or anything as I only used Notepad++ for a week, but I switched to jEdit when I saw someone else using it. *shrug*

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
FrontPage
Go ahead and laugh or call me an idiot or lazy. I like it and I am not smug enough to use notepad (although I am fully capable).

I have used frontpage on occasion when I have a difficult page layout I am trying to make. I draw it in frontpage, then copy the HTML generated into the editor I use and format it back 'normal'.

 

[RandomFool]

I use dreamweaver at home, front page at work and notepad anywhere I can't install stuff.

I might check out jEdit and Notepad++ since I don't use dreamweaver for anything but highlighting.

 

[Davegod75]

I just got a MAC. What is the best program for PHP/HTML/MYSQL editing on a mac. On linux I just use Gedit. On windows I used notepad++. So I don't need a full blown IDE just an good editor with tabs and syntax highlighting.

Free, open source and regularly updated are musts.

 

[aCynic2]

I use Homesite 4.5.1 w/ Topstyle 3.1 CSS editor on MS-Windows ($180 total), Emacs with HTML-EDIT on Linux ($5).

 

[Jaxidian]

As a .NET developer, I use:

- VS2005
- SQL Server 2005 (various versions, including Express)
- EditPad Pro
- XMLMarker
- Regex Buddy
- Fiddler
- WebDevHelper
- Excel (manipulating data quickly but without scripts)
- LeechFTP
- Synergy (to control multiple boxes with 1 kb/mouse)
- MyGeneration dOOdads
- Paint.NET
- Enterprise Architect
- Visio
- Remote Desktop
- GoToMyPC
- Virtual PC
- VMWare
- IE6, IE7, FireFox 2

I think that's most of them...

-Jax

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: GundamSonicZeroX
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: xtknight
gedit and DreamWeaver

<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: AmigaMan
you know, I remember when it was cool to say you used notepad instead of frontpage or homesite or whatever ide was popular back in the day. But now it's kind of pathetic. It's like using a a typewriter instead of a word processor app on your computer. Sure it gets the job done, but you'd be so much more productive in Word.</blockquote>

Just make sure you don't use Word to make HTML docs. It creates absolutely disgusting code. </blockquote>

Yeah. I laug at those who use it. It's especially hilarious when you can see that someone hit the "Save as webpage" option and you can see all their messy code. :laugh:

fixed :thumbsup:

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Some of you must be really unproductive using Notepad.

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Some of you must be really unproductive using Notepad.

Actually, there's a hidden easter egg in Notepad that allows you to do a whole lot more. Follow these steps and you'll see what I mean with Intellisense and everything for C and VB languages:

1. Hold down the LEFT ALT key
2. On the numeric pad, enter the following combination (ignoring commas): 3, 7, 1, 0, 9, 5
3. Release the LEFT ALT key
4. Press G
5. Hold any SHIFT key down and press the LEFT arrow key to highlight the G (release the shift key when done)
6. Hold down LEFT SHIFT key and RIGHT SHIFT key at the same time (do not need to both be pressed at exactly the same moment, just get both of them held down)
7. Type in the following characters (beginning with Q and ending with the colon): QWERTYASDFJKL:
8. Release the SHIFT keys
9. Save the file as C:\Windows\Assembly\secret.foo (of course changing the Windows directory with whever you have it installed at)

NOTE: This is for WinXP Pro only, does not work in Vista or XP Home!

Do this and then you'll learn exactly how to become productive with Notepad!


-Jax

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

HTML-Kit, Notepad++ for quick editing, and Sylus Studio 2007 for XML. Anyone know of any good IDes for AS2.0?