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  1. Bryan V.
    Member

    What code editors do you all tend to use? Are there any of us that still just open Notepad/Wordpad and type away?
    When I was at IUS, they got me started on using Dreamweaver (code view only!!) and I became hooked due to the "Sites" pallette. More and more though, Dreamweaver is just a mess of unneeded options and (a little bit) of a memory pig. Well, "pig" is overstating it, but it can be annoying.
    Has anyone used Coda? I'm on a trial version right now, and I think I like it. It's Mac only, and I don't know how many PC and Linux people are around here. It has terminal view, CSS view, a preview mode, and you can define sites just like Dreamweaver. For $99, it's pretty nice. I'm not completely sold yet as I haven't tried out all the different modes and options - for example, I haven't found a way to make it default to XHTML compliant things such as a closing slash on image tags. Even if I don't end up ditching Dreamweaver for it, I'll probably sit down and write out a full review at some point.

    I also just decided that I'm buddies with a SQL editor called Sequel Pro... it's again, Mac-only (sorry!). It's made database management a breeze and a lot faster than going through PHPMyAdmin. It has a straight SQL command line utility built in as well. Thumbs up.

    I'd love to hear what you all are using for your development.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Todd Budnikas
    Key Master

    Thanks for posting this Bryan! I'm also exclusively on a Mac.

    I too started out on Dreamweaver and haven't (purposely) opened it in about 8 months. When I was on a PC at work, about a year ago, I used Dreamweaver exclusively. I now use TextMate when working on my laptop where I have a license. I highly recommend it. It has "projects" which are equivalent of DW sites, but not all lumped together, just stored as project files. Also, they don't upload to FTP or anything, just file organization, but can find and replace project wide, etc.

    I've also used TextWrangler, mainly because it gets the job done and it's free. I guess it's labeled as the free version of BBEdit. I've tried a host of other OS X free editors like Smultron, Taco HTML editor, and a few others. None of them really worked for me, but are decent free alternatives.

    I used a trial of Coda and didn't fall in love with it like some have. I prefer the interface and such to not get in the way when I'm working in code, which I think Coda did a bit too much of. I found some of the same issues with Espresso. Espresso has some nice features though, and it's in beta right now.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. davidyeiser
    Member

    I moved to a Mac in October of last year. Prior to that I did all my design/development work on a PC.

    For Mac I use Coda, I'm a fan and think it's definitely worth $99. I've heard good things about TextMate too. And Espresso has an awesome logo. (All linked above.)

    For PC, I use/used Notepad++. It's free, and great.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. Ricky Irvine
    Member

    Coda and/or Textmate. Coda has nice code completion. Textmate is fast and simple. Both have code clips/snippets, but I think Coda's is a bit easier to access. Coda's project visual organization is nice, and it's really exciting to "enter into" a project.

    CSSEdit for live CSS editing.

    I've become especially partial to looking at code in Consolas, too.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. Thommy
    Member

    All I use is Dreamweaver because it is all I know. I'm been using it for 10 years since version 3. I NEVER use dreamweaver's built-in templates, sprites or anything of that sort, just mainly use it as a code editor. I like switching back and forth from the new "live" view in CS4.

    Coda looks really nice. I'm thinking of buying it.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. Bryan V.
    Member

    @jables, I have no idea why I left out TextWrangler... it's been in my dock for 4 months now. I had a licensed version of BBedit for a few years, but it crapped out and I didn't have the cash to get an upgraded version. I haven't heard of a number of those editors that you posted, I'll be sure to check them out when I can.
    It's encouraging to see that other people are using Coda, but I do see the "interface getting in the way" as being a problem, at least in the CSS view. I'm finding my workflow interrupted by switching back and choosing from all of those drop down menus. I can do it a whole lot faster by hand and even faster typing w/ auto-completion.
    @dressedinvalue, do you find that CSSedit is a pretty good tool? Any suggestions or anything for it? I tried it out once, but didn't really get the hang of it.
    @david, that logo is pretty nice. Kinda makes me want to start a thread about icon/logo design in the near future.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. Ricky Irvine
    Member

    @bryan CSSEdit is awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Anything else hardly comes close. As soon as you type something in the editor, the preview window reflects the change. You don't have to save first to get the update. It makes writing CSS fast.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. denniss
    Administrator

    I use TextMate mostly, but sometimes TextWrangler.

    I found the BBColors tool - http://daringfireball.net/projects/bbcolors/ - very useful for TextWrangler. I think a lot of people have created color schemes for it.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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