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zolo44
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Post by zolo44 »

Just looking for some input on what you guys like to code on. I am currently using HomeSite, and wondering if there a better one out there, not that there is anything wrong with HomeSite.

Thanks :D
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Post by BRE »

I'm currently just using BBEdit lite on OS X.
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Post by why2liz »

I am programing simple with powerful "notepad". :) I using EditPlus. Of course you must know good all synatxies, ad know what you are doing... If i have project with other people i use Dreamwather mx. becasue he have chacin and checkout function.. and more :)
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Post by zolo44 »

Dreamweaver mx huh, I’m going to check it out. ;). As a newbie I need help coding.... :lol: So just a regular editor won't be much help to me.
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Post by kenny »

PHPedit all the way.
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Post by twigletmac »

Getting help coding is one thing but having a program that writes it all for you without you understanding what it's doing is another. I'd start by writing simple programs in something like Homesite and then as you get better you'll find you don't need to use a WSIWYG - you can do it yourself.

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Post by zolo44 »

So true :lol: I did learn alot of html when i started with HomeSite.
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Post by llimllib »

I like HomeSite for creating documents, then GVim for editing them. Also, you should see this thread for a whole lot of opinions.
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Post by RandomEngy »

Notepad. Wordpad if the file is too large.
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Post by phice »

Notepad.
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Post by cheatboy00 »

HTML-kit (check download.com), most of the time i use it...

it takes a while to load though...only cause of my <span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> computer (120mhz).

so when i dont want to wait for it to open i choose notepad.
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Post by BDKR »

Well, being a Linux guy, my list is going to sound a good deal different.

* Cooledit. My hands down favorite!
* Nano. What Vim is to Vi, Nano is to Pico.

I have this way of checking out other things, but none of them work well or are just plain overkill! All the big pretty six thousand button having RAD's are like this. And they're slow to boot. Question: How many people really create projects anyways?

Oh well, I had better stop before I make someone mad.

Later on,
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Post by mikeq »

If it is for PHP then I would suggest getting phpEdit, it is an excellent, free PHP editor.

I think if more people used tools like this which has syntax highlighting etc there would be fewer posts on this site for silly syntax errors which would be easier to spot with these tools.

So to all you notepad/wordpad fans give PHPEdit a try and see what you think http://www.phpedit.com/
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Post by toro »

Textpad. Provides coloring for PHP code (as well as for html and other 'standards').
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Post by RandomEngy »

I tried PHPedit and really dislike it. For one, when I start it up, it freezes everything for about 10-30 seconds, then makes my mouse fly to the upper right hand corner of the screen, so I have to unplug and replug my mouse to get it to work again. Plus I can't save files with it. So I only use PHPedit for finding really annoying parsing errors.
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