Posted by shimmyshack on 03/03/07 00:37

On 2 Mar, 17:09, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
> "xsxs" <bertic...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1qjgu2hpvg7kjhdmgsbiicloblp0p9b18r@4ax.com...
> | Is it capable? Or in anyway comparable to Dreamweaver of any of the
> | big boys?
>
> by 'big boy' i assume you mean expensive, bloated, ineffective, yet still
> highly-popular? hmmm...yeah...just like AOL. but i digress...
>
> | I am just getting interested in web design and I'm trying avoid
> | dropping the cash so any tips or alternative programs would be
> | appreciated.
>
> learn html and css. no matter the tool you use, your work will suffer if you
> don't know what it's output is or how it is derived.
>
> i like crimson editor. it doesn't have intellisense or code folding but it
> does have vertical editing (multi-line modification), and as i'm terribly
> fussy about coding standards, this is a deal-breaker for me.
>
> eclispe is nice and has tons of other things besides vertical editing, but
> damn if it ain't slow...hmmm...must be the fact it's written in java.
>
> any tool you use is up to your preference and budget. zend probably has the
> best php ide on the market...and they know it - as seen in the price tag.
>
> most of the time though, i'd settle for notepad. ;^)

NVU is mozilla based so it comes with addons just like firefox or
thunderbird. It's quite nice. NVU is cross platform so if you ever
install linux as you start to test your websites on other operating
systems you can carry on your work there.

There's something around called php_scite which is scintilla based,
very lightweight fast supports many code highlights but has php
functions built it code folding etc..

But .... also try tsWebEditor, opesource and free, it's got some nice
features and will only get better, you can work via webdav or ftp, and
it supports remote debugging too via a php debugging dll. Again is
lightweight and very fast, not wysiwyg, but to be honest its just as
fast coding by hand once you've learned the basics - which you do by
coding by hand. tsWebEditor has an SQL designer, and many options, it
supports multibyte encoding very nicely - so you get to
internationalise your website easily. It is my freebie recommendation
until you can install Eclipse which will make your head ache - it's
more powerful in so many ways that Dreaweaver. In fact Eclipse is THE
editor IMHO, better than VS.net 2005 (which a freebie version exists
if you have a desire to go microsoft for any reason)

Both scite and tsWebEditor support sessions, kill the thing and
restart where you were.

*tsWebEditor* it has niggles but is my tip for the future.

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