Editor used for PHP

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by elToro
The fact that Notepad freaks out in the presence of UNIX text files makes it pretty useless to me. I also prefer to be able to insert tabs as spaces.

If I want a quick, light-weight, Notepad-style text editor, I use EditPad Lite. If I want color coding and some file management capabilities, but prefer to stick with a Windows style GUI, I use HomeSite. If I want color coding, but I'll be doing a lot of typing and don't want/need a Windows-style GUI, I use vim. If I want code completion, I use Zend Studio.

by the way, i don't use pre homesite 5's dreamweaver like design section, i only use it to code, don't like the wysiwyg's

[bad76]

Originally posted by elToro
The fact that Notepad freaks out in the presence of UNIX text files makes it pretty useless to me

To solve this i've made a little c program that add line-feed at end of each line. If someone need i can post it somewhere...

[elToro]

by the way, i don't use pre homesite 5's dreamweaver like design section, i only use it to code, don't like the wysiwyg's

Is that what you thought I meant by a Windows-style GUI? I meant menu bars, toolbars, standard Windows shortcut keys, and the like (as opposed to a non-GUI interface like Vim).

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by elToro
Is that what you thought I meant by a Windows-style GUI? I meant menu bars, toolbars, standard Windows shortcut keys, and the like (as opposed to a non-GUI interface like Vim).

no, it was just an afterthought, but it was the GUI that sprung the afterthough initially

[elToro]

I feel compelled to add that as a text editor for CSS and (X)HTML, TopStyle Pro (from the original author of HomeSite) is the crap (in a good way)!

[Chaotic_Reality]

I have php/apache/mysql all setup locally on my laptop, running FreeBSD, and I use vim.

J.

[Merve]

Go Notepad/Crimson Editor...I think! And I use Source Edit only for the RGB mixer....so yeah...I just confused myself...

[ultraslacker]

I use vim most of the time, I've gotten very accustomed to it - so much so that I'm helpless when faced with something basic like notepad or nano.

It has syntax highlighting, keyword searching, macros, etc... Its one failing is when working with large projects it can get cumbersome - for that I use eclipse.

[Merve]

Originally posted by ultraslacker
I use vim most of the time, I've gotten very accustomed to it - so much so that I'm helpless when faced with something basic like notepad or nano.

It has syntax highlighting, keyword searching, macros, etc... Its one failing is when working with large projects it can get cumbersome - for that I use eclipse.

Just like any other editor...

[DigitaLink]

Well, I've been though a few editors, still trying new ones, and here's my thoughts.

I'm a hand coder. All these warm, fuzzy WYSIWYG editors annoy me. So automatically, things like FrontPage are shiznitzed to section 13.

I've tried Quanta and Bluefish in Linux, along with emacs and vi and kate and a bunch of others I don't even remember anymore. But my linux box died and I live with an XP Pro box now.

For quite some time I was insanely happy with EditPlus. Mainly because I could open/save from/to a remote host by FTP without opening an FTP program. Saved me many headaches. Plus it has good syntax highlighting, which I enjoy.

Tried a couple others of names I no longer recall, then found HTML-Kit. WONDERFUL program for coding. A big sluggish to start/close, but overall it's great. FREE, expandable through a number of plugins for almost any programming language, does everything I need it to and a few more things I haven't found a need for yet.

Recently I got my hands on a copy of Dreamweaver MX (the whole shebang with Flash, Fireworks, etc). Not a cheap program to say the least. So I set about trying to make use of it. For the price of the package, I can't justify NOT trying to use it. But I'm really struggling with it. A lot of it's features are of the pointy-clicky variety and I don't like taking my fingers off the keyboard when I'm typing. I'm used to coding pure PHP top of page to bottom and it just inserts little PHP hiccups throughout HTML code with drives me bonkers. Maybe these things can be sorted out through preferences or 'teaching it' as I've heard referenced here. Other little things that annoy me are the way it picks and chooses what it is going to open with word wrap and what it isn't. I want word wrap all the time, but it won't let me have it that way it seems. And MAN does it chew resources. It's like trying to open Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro 8 - only worse! For someone who generally has no less than 4 or 5 programs and a dozen browser windows on the go, this is a bad thing.

So in all that negativity I still find myself trying to use it ... wasting more time fighting it than coding with it. BUT I have found one thing I LOVE about DMX ... the PHP/mySQL integration. With a local server for development it's a godsend to have it create my SQL queries and code for me. THAT is the one killer timesaving feature I think will eventually convert me. With the numbers of developers out there using it and raving about it, there has got to be something really good about DMX once you learn how to use it. That's what I've concluded.

On that note, I will be handing out free CD's of the MX suite to anyone who wants one. Legalities be danged! 😃

Okay, I was kidding about that. You can use Kazaa and download your own copy. :p Man I feel like a chump some days ... paying for things!! That's okay though, it's all 🆒

[ultraslacker]

Originally posted by Merve
Just like any other editor...

That's vague, but I'll assume you didn't mean it in a bad way.

[laserlight]

well, an editor is still an editor, unless it becomes an IDE 🙂

[goa103]

Update :
- Give a try to Maguma Studio, free version available and the Standard Edition costs 30$ ! i forgot about it and tried it a few days ago. Pretty cool, however I wasn't able to debug my script. It seems that feature doesn't work properly or is not implemented.
- HTML-Kit : very impressive, I had troubles with the editor, tabs weren't working properly. However I found how to configure the software now it perfectly works. I think it's probably the best editor for web developers ! HTML/CSS/PHP... support ! It's free 🙂, even if you can now get a Pro version.

JM

[Merve]

Originally posted by ultraslacker
That's vague, but I'll assume you didn't mean it in a bad way.

I'm just saying that there are so many good free editors on the web that there's no use in buying one.

[goa103]

Yes but a pro won't use a simple editor to develop complex applications. You can't compare an IDE to an editor like you can't compare an editor to Dreamweaver or any WYSIWYG HTML Editors. Buying a product cost some money but as long as it allows you to develop faster, it's all for the best. It's far far more expensive to use a simple editor to develop a web applications that to buy 1 product and win hundreds of hours to design and develop.

[jamesm87]

I use editplus as it works with loads of scripting languages.

[BuzzLY]

Originally posted by goa103
Yes but a pro won't use a simple editor to develop complex applications.

I beg to differ. I am a professional web developer, and I use a text editor (UltraEdit) to tackle almost all of my needs. The fact is, the more complex the tool is, the more likely it is that it won't do everything a pro needs it to do.

I have nothing against any tool that helps you get the job done, but I don't like blanket statements that infer that I am not a professional just because I choose to use a text editor.

[goldbug]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
I beg to differ. I am a professional web developer, and I use a text editor (UltraEdit) to tackle almost all of my needs. The fact is, the more complex the tool is, the more likely it is that it won't do everything a pro needs it to do.

I have nothing against any tool that helps you get the job done, but I don't like blanket statements that infer that I am not a professional just because I choose to use a text editor.

Once again, I concur with Buzz. UE rocks, even more so when used properly in a professional environment.

[el22]

Originally posted by jamesm87
I use editplus as it works with loads of scripting languages.

That's why i love Context too 🙂

[Moonglobe]

ConTEXT is a dead editor. checkout the forums, the developer hasn't responded in like a year. i've been trying to find a good replacement...

that's for win32, on Linux i use Kate. very simple to customize, my one gripe is that it puts PHP under 'Scripts' in the highlighters list 😉

moon