Hey guys,
I'm looking for suggestions as to what good easy to use web editors? It needs to edit php,javascript,html,CSS. I'm looking for something that'll speed up my development currently I'm using nano.
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I hear alot of unix users are fan of VI on the commandline. For desktop I started with notpad++ (also available on linux) and evolved to using Eclipse. The later took quite some time to get the hang of.
jpluijmers
2010-08-20 23:43:07
Thanks for the comment. Ill keep that in mind, stackoverflow is quite different from normal boards :)
jpluijmers
2010-08-21 00:05:27
@kbrimington - Has the answer been edited? Its current form doesn't seem argumentative at all
Dave McClelland
2010-08-24 04:01:12
@kbrimington without this turning into a unix vs windows fight. I would like to state that I maintain multiple BSD servers so iam sertainly not biased ;) I never used VI but it is largely popular within the group of programmers that program on the shell.And as for "I like eclipse", i merely tried to give him a startpoint and a advanced option for when he feels like it. Or atleast tell him how I grew in IDE's@dave mcelland Post hasn't been edited.
jpluijmers
2010-08-24 07:57:01
Fair enough. I've withdrawn my comments.
kbrimington
2010-08-24 11:03:07
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There is a distribution of Eclipse preconfigured with plugins convenient to PHP development. Check it out here:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
On the page, look for "Eclipse for PHP Developers"
kbrimington
2010-08-20 23:46:33
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I used to use Bluefish when I used to work with PHP:
apt-get update && apt-get install bluefish
If you want an uber-geek command-line you could use Emacs (it has a PHP mode):
apt-get update && apt-get install php-elisp
If you are looking for full IDE support you could try Eclipse or even KDevelop.
I do not have any experience with it but, since you are on Ubuntu, you could also try gphpedit since it describes itself as a "PHP/HTML/CSS Development Environment":
apt-get update && apt-get install gphpedit
Check out the features page at gphpedit:
Justin
2010-08-20 23:54:31
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In a similar vein to the Eclipse for PHP Developers, you can install the JavaScript Development Tools (JSDT) Eclipse plug-in from http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/jsdt/ which will add advanced support for editing JavaScript. I've not used it extensively myself, but I hear the latest stuff (released simultaneously with Helios, the latest Eclipse release) is pretty solid.
That combination would get you a good environment for everything you mentioned.
Sinjo
2010-08-20 23:54:45
Actually, looking at the PHP package, it does include this feature anyway. I'd only ever used it standalone myself, since I don't work with PHP.The prepackaged PHP Eclipse bundle is certainly worth a go then!
Sinjo
2010-08-20 23:57:07
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I second the recommendation for Bluefish. It's in the Software Center for Lucid and has been in the repos at least as far back as Dapper.
If you try it, make sure you check out the Custom Menus function. They are a tremendous time saver!
linux4me
2010-08-21 00:54:52
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Emacs is the classic editor. Vi(m) good too, especially for edits over ssh. Might be overkill, but eclipse has plugins to handle most languages.
Richard
2010-08-21 01:31:50
+2
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I would go with Eclipse.
Check out Eclipse + PDT + Aptana.
My current dev system works like this:
4 monitors: 1 for coding (eclipse), 1 for Firefox, 1 for IE and one for logs.
1 virtual machine that is a close duplicate of the production server.
Use AutoHotKey and, as I save the page, it gets uploaded to virtual machine and both IE and Firefox get refreshed.
Have been working like this for more than one year now and I can asure you my productivity has gone up.
Frankie
2010-08-21 03:06:41