Basically my intention is to create web application. I have to use js, ajax, jquery, html5, css etc... I would like to know if there is a web application development kit out there that helps me compile and debug my code? I am aware of "Aptana", but I am not sure if that is what I need. Can someone please eloberate what the choices available to me are. Total noob here to web development so I would like something that helps me learn as I go ahead developing! Thanks...
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netbeans is pretty kool i have been using it for two years, and if your using php, it has a great php plugin!! http://netbeans.org/features/php/ hope that helps.
solomon saleh
getaway
2010-08-23 09:18:56
you could also try using php eclipse!!
getaway
2010-08-23 09:20:01
Not using php... Mostly JS with maybe a little bit of webGL though to be honest till I was given my assignment I had not even heard of it... :P
Shouvik
2010-08-23 09:20:26
netbeans deos still come all the html,javascript,jquery and ajax built into it automatically!! so it could be used for that aswell!!
getaway
2010-08-23 09:21:41
+1
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You don't need a compiler for js,ajax and jquery, all based on javascript which is a script language. Php is a server side language so you need to run your own server on your machine (you may find interesting wamp which provide you php,mysql,apache with a simple setup. About the IDE there are a lot out there, maybe netbeans as a free solution is a good idea, or PHPedit Of course there are and other tools for web developement such as adobe dreamweaver.
Sotiris
2010-08-23 09:23:54
Thanks, though I think I need a little more understanding of why I am exactly trying to do here. Maybe I am going to post as a different question. :)
Shouvik
2010-08-23 09:30:03
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Most Java IDEs are capable of developing every kind of web products:
- relatively static content - HTML, CSS, JS
- Virtualizable languages with some intermediate platform (.NET or Java)
- scripting languages - PHP, Python, Ruby
I'm talking about Eclipse and NetBeans in particular. They both present most phases required for a comfortable development, web server integration, debuggin services, including XML support, connectivity with FTP/SVN, ant/maven, autocomplete, inner search into file structure and frameworks and so on.
Btw Aptana is Eclipse based, but I prefer Eclipse PDT or Eclipse Web tools platform.
Mario Peshev
2010-08-23 09:30:38