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Favorite Editor

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:07 am
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

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:12 am
by BRE
I'm currently just using BBEdit lite on OS X.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:15 am
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 :)

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:45 am
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.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:54 am
by kenny
PHPedit all the way.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:58 am
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.

Mac

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 12:13 pm
by zolo44
So true :lol: I did learn alot of html when i started with HomeSite.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 12:38 pm
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.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 12:46 pm
by RandomEngy
Notepad. Wordpad if the file is too large.

:/

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 2:01 pm
by phice
Notepad.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:12 pm
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.

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 12:17 am
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,
BDKR

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 4:31 am
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/

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 7:50 am
by toro
Textpad. Provides coloring for PHP code (as well as for html and other 'standards').

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2002 9:45 am
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.