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PHP/HTML/JS editors?

robotbeboprobotbebop Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Can anybody recommend a decent text editor for PHP/HTML/JavaScript? I've been using dreamweaver solely because I hate a lot of other common editors like Notepad++, Notepad2, Crimson, etc.. and it's the only program I've found that intelligently closes HTML tags which I cannot seem to live without now.

But it has a lot of problems that really irritate me, it's file manager view needs to be refreshed, half the time it doesn't load properly (displaying files in the wrong folders, etc) until a refresh. I could go on.

Does anybody use a program that is at least as handy with HTML text as Dreamweaver, but not as bloated? (I'm looking at YOU, Eclipse.)

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dreamweaver CS4 is a big improvement over CS3, so if you can try that I recommend it.

    The only other "good" editor out there for PC is Aptana, but it lacks a lot of handy DW features a lot of people use, and its file browser also has to be refreshed.


    For Mac there's Coda and TextMate.

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I use Eclipse, on both my Windows desktop at work, and my Linux lappy at home. It -- or more accurately, the community that has grough up around it -- is pretty great.

    Then again, I also use Notepad2, a lot of the time.

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  • Smug DucklingSmug Duckling Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I just use gvim for all my code editing needs. It has nice syntax highlighting and stuff like auto-indenting built right in, and for the most part you can use it like a regular editor (though there are a ton of power-user features under the covers). Might not be great for HTML though.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Aptana = Eclipse

    Also it is worth noting that DW CS4 will automatically refresh your file view in what seems to be a fairly reliable way.

    I am actually considering dropping Aptana for it. Shocking since I have always been highly critical of DW.

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