About to ditch Dreamweaver. Recommendations?

[nvanprooyen]

I've been using DW for a long, long time. The other day I realized it's completely unnecessary, because I only use code view. I don't remember the last time I did anything in the design view.

Anyways, I'm looking for something lighter than DW that has color coding, code collapse, code complete etc. Any recommendations?

 

[amateursurgeon]

Depends on how hardcore your coding needs are.

If they are basic, notepad++ will do fine. It does completion, collapse and colouring iirc.

For more advanced stuff I've used Eclipse or Zend before and been happy with both.

 

[dogfighter]

Notepad++

 

[Wicked_PT]

Webuilder from Blumentals (I still have the 2007 version), it's great.

 

[nvanprooyen]

Depends on how hardcore your coding needs are.

If they are basic, notepad++ will do fine. It does completion, collapse and colouring iirc.

For more advanced stuff I've used Eclipse or Zend before and been happy with both.

What kind of stuff can't notepad++ do?

 

[LotsOfZeros]

pspad

 

[nohatter]

komodo edit

 

[JoshTodd]

+1 for Komodo Edit. Very light weight and excellent code editor.

EDIT: plus it is open source

 

[Etherswift]

php designer (IDE, code editor, etc., don't be mislead by the name)
programmer's notepad
notepad++

 

[bigwavesurfer]

notepad++ or eclipse.

 

[phrench]

Since I like built-in FTP my votes go to
- pspad
- html-kit

Both apps are free, but html-kit (that also has a totally redeveloped version that costs $65) might suit your needs better since it has been specially designed for html coding.

 

[zimok]

I'm about to start dabbling with Amaya (open source)

Amaya Home Page

Anyone have experience with it?

 

[-Matt-]

For windows: notepad++ (free)

For OSX: Panic Coda ($99 - worth it)

 

[nvanprooyen]

Thanks for the recos. I'm gonna try all these out and see which one I like best.

 

[Goodcat]

EDIT: plus

Yes, EditPlus. Been using it for the last couple of years. All the basic features, like coloring tags and ability to write directly to the server.

Plus, it's a 'lightweight' app

 

[Magic Hat]

Windows: Notepad++
Mac: Coda

 

[xentech]

Notepad++

 

[webetricky]

'nother vote for notepad++ over here

 

[SniperRyan]

Aptana is great for PHP, HTML and CSS, but it won't do all the DW stuff like updating paths.

Just put a symlink from your WAMP 'www' folder to the aptana workspace and you have a nice little Dev environment right on your desktop.

 

[Soupyone]

N00b vote for Notepad++. The only time I open DW is when I forget about Notepad++