Decaflon Thread: Which code editor do you use?

Which code editor do you use?

corenominal — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:34:45

I almost exclusively use gedit. I have been known to use Vim, but only when working over an SSH connection. Regarding gedit, it is deceptive, it looks dead simple, but in fact it can be tricked out to perform pretty much any functionality you need.

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markupninjas — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:04:12

I think most people who use Coda have a big huge gaping crush on it. It doesn't do it all though, but it gets close to your list.

Coda has from your list:

- code highlight
- markup validation
- code automatic indentation (well, as much as most editors, its not supremely auto though)

As well as:

I forgot to mention that 'local file manager', AND project manager would be a great deal!

The other gig your looking for I use CSS Edit for (along with live css editing, and "click-element-snap to css" type features)

CSS Edit can do:

- css panel TOC

The only thing from this mix would be the collapsing.

The features these two give me you don't mention are:

Previews of the code while editing (in both!)
Click preview to snap to code
FTP Integration
Command Line integration
Reference Books built into the software
well... a whole slew of other stuff I can't rightly think of right now

Good luck in your hunt!

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porta — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:08:10

notepad++ on win, kate on linux.

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jbondo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:32:41

Smultron and Dreamweaver here on my macs!

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archangelchuck — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:50:38

I use CuteHTML Pro 6 (propr.) and Visual Studio Express (propr., $0), depending on the project.

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jlecour — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:33:46

Textmate

no more, no less

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dubsar — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:32:22

I'm a big fan of eclipse with the PHP addons, but I also REALLY like PS Pad. Lightweight and yet it covers all the bases for formatting and colorcoding that I need!

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benhaan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:05:04

I use Dreamweaver CS3 when I am forced to use Windows, I use TextMate, the best editor I think, on my Mac at work, and then when ever I am directly on the servers I use nano.

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brandoncordell — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:05:11

vim is all I need.

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evhan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:08:08

Textmate FTW.

That's all that needs to be said.

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sc0rchin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:29:47

I use ultraedit for everything, it's customizable in all the ways I need it to be. You can control the syntax highlighting and auto complete. it supports code collapsing if desired. and hundreds of other feature I can't document in a comment.

I don't see the point in a WYSYWIG editor when you have to view the file in the browsers to find out whether your CSS is working anyway.

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k3vin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:42:28

jCreator and netBeans for java.
Eclipse for C++ and PHP
Notepad for HTML and CSS stuff

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subimage — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:45

Textmate all the way...VIM in a pinch on the server.

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jstyles — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:46:02

I use mainly codeblocks which is available for Windows and Linux

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binnyva — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:38:19

I in Linux(Fedora 8/KDE) - and I mostly use Kwrite. But when I am working on HTML(I am a Web Developer), I use Quanta Plus.

Another option is kate - that is between Kwrite and Quanta Plus.

If you are a gnome user, I will recommend gedit, Blue Fish.

And if you are a shell guy, emacs/vim will be best.

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MattBernstein — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:40:14

Panic's Coda

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tarellel — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:44:23

TextMate all the way, but when I used to actually used my PC I generally preferred to use Crimson Editor.

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trevorlee_nc — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:46:19

gvim, call me old fashioned or whatever...but it's the first real text editor I ever learned, and I'm used to it :)

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darkmotion — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:02:40

Notepad ++

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kekke — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:12:47

I use Smultron. A lovely little editor that works really well for my coding needs. It´s for Mac and can be found here: http://smultron.sourceforge.net

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quietjune — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:17:38

Notepad. I've never tried anything else. Am I really missing out?

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alex-hardy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:54:37

I'm on a mac and using Textmate for XHTML/PHP and the fantastic CSSEdit for - you guessed it - editing CSS :)

Dreamweaver is an expensive, bloated jack of all trades and master of none.

Coda is pretty nice too.

All the programs I mentioned are shareware, but very reasonably priced.

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threefour — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:06:32

Textmate on my mac and if I have to use a PC then Komodo

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bluekaboom — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:20:58

ARG... Does anyone use BBEdit anymore? Am I a dinosour? Am I truly missing out on some features in other editors?

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mndoci — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:53:14

I still like coding in a simple text editor, but am increasingly using Eclipse now, esp with the Aptana plugins

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opus — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:37:43

I've been using BBEdit for years and it hasn't let me down yet. I've tried using TextMate, just to see what all of the hype was about -- and while I can understand why folks like it, I always come back to BBEdit.

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Ozone42 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:39:51

I think BBEdit was one of the best available until textmate came around.

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maestroe — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:34:52

DOES ANYONE use BBEDIT....?

I think its Super fresh... Whats the scoop on that?

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fatihturan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:35:10

I'm using Aptana as primary editor also i m using Pspad as secondary editor. Both editors is very good.

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sjslovechild — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:14:56

Textmate
Mac OS X 10.5
Shareware

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h3rald — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:45:37

For general use gVim is truly great: fast, best highlighting and color schemes and great shortcuts, once you learn how to use them, that is, which can be tricky but a worthwhile time investment.

Other thant that, Komodo Edit seems to be interesting enough, especially for the autocompletion features for languages like Ruby & Python.

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samuelcotterall — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:25:38

TextMate.

The last thing I was using on the PC was called PHPBuilder 2004, or something like that. I have good memories of it.

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RightOn — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:24:45

TextMate / CSSEdit 2.6

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Miksago — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:25:42

I've been using Komodo Edit after stumbling across it. Being a past user of pspad, notepad 2, i've so far found that it's been incredibly useful. For instance, it would take maybe 10 hours to code the design for a website in pspad, now it take me maybe 6 hours in komodo. Komodo is also good where it has extensions and a large community support base.

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jauhari — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:00:36

For Linux? try Geany ;)

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gregwinn — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:03:01

I use Dreamweaver and Aptana IDE for rails.

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gizmo1354 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:38:42

I use Coda.

Mac only.

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philoking — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:02:31

Sounds to me like you want Eclipse with the php plugins. You can get it at http://www.eclipse.org. Our company uses it for Java development, but you can use it for about anything. The nice thing is it's not OS dependant so you can use it on Linux, Windows or OS X. I would look at that for sure.

Philoking
FREE tech gear at TakeMyTech.com
(written with no IDE btw, PHP coded up in the Wordpress back end file editor)

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vlambert — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:09:35

Nothing beats good'ol GNU Emacs. You can customizing for any languages and once you are used to it, the edition is lightning fast.

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PRDesign — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:35:34

Notepad or Notepad++ on Win XP

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posure — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:46:09

@dynamic
I used HomeSite back when it was Allaire HomeSite and also used Dreamweaver in the HomeSite view after Macromedia/Adobe bought them. Since then I've scaled back to lighter weight text editors. For anything that isn't .NET, I use e text editor (Windows TextMate clone) now. E is a bit buggy but its still probably the best editor on Windows. Ironically, I never much cared for TextMate on my Mac (just don't like how its organized).

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glenndavid — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:03:01

i am personally a great fan of Smultron, nobody i ask has aver heard of it and nobody ever used another app eversince i told them bout it.

It can handle allmost any language, highlight a shedload of stuff, customize everything, starts up like a bumble-bee and just plain works.

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eaglehawk — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:56:00

I use editplus it runs really well under wine on linux..

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davidhayes — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:26:12

I tried Notepad++ but was pretty disappointed. I've been using PSPad for a while. Very nice little program.

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dynamic75 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:14:30

I'm surprised no one has mentioned HomeSite. It may not have as many bells and whistles as Dreamweaver, but it has all the features your looking for; it's customizable and great for raw hand coding. I think it's about $99 from Adobe > formerly from Macromedia > formerly from Allaire.
Unfortunately it's only for Windows. I would go with BBEdit on the Mac.

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LakshmiMareddy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:25:59

I use AceHTML freeware. (Win XP). I have installed and used several editors (Crimson, PSPAd, PHPeditor, HAPedit, PHP design, Arachnophilia, etc.), but find myself coming back to this editor.. Its easy to setup, supports XHTML, PHP, JS, TXT and CSS and most of all it allows me to have built in custom macros, that just brings down typing time..
It integrates with AceFTP which i dont use.
Here is a link to the application site:

I used CODA in trial mode (MAC), and its awesome.. Just as soon as I save up to buy CODA, I shall move to that next.. :)

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montoya — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:07:51

I use Notepad++ for everything, except occasionally I use Firefox Web Developer Extension to do some live CSS editing.

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Pavlusha — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:27:49

I am using Dreamweaver(mx 2004)/notepad++ - best solution , advice

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enc — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:02:02

when i had a pc i was using Aptana (for Rails development) and Zend for PHP. Now i got a macbook and i'm a very happy user of textmate .)

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glenndavid — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:56:47

hahaa, i am the first one to proudly present that i use Smultron! it will read anything, really! even images... and you get like pages and pages of code...

works with nice colors too...

SMULTRON, check it out!