You've outgrown Dreamweaver! congrats!
give a simple editor that knows php & html a chance. there are hundreds!
What's your platform? windoze? mac? linux?
2006-11-06 16:16:09
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answer #1
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answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7
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I highly recommend ActiveState Komodo. I'm not going to bash Dreamweaver, as I still use it regularly for design work (and it complements Komodo in this nicely).
I've tried others, freeware, shareware, and professional packages, and for me it wasn't even a contest. Komodo has a great many features that made it my choice. Some are just really handy. Others are absolutely essential for any type of major web application development. Here are some that stand out in my mind, in no particular order, but emphasizing features that Dreamweaver does NOT have...
1) Code completion (suggestions as you type) not only for keywords and functions built into the language, but also for any objects and packages that are part of your project, both written yourself, and libraries that you've downloaded.
2) Live debugging. See the HTML produced by your PHP application, a little bit at a time, as you step through your code line-by-line.
3) Intellignent hints and tips for functions and objects that you've built, taken from PHPDocumentor-style comments above a function defining it's purpose, required and optional parameters, etc.
4) Code folding. Any function, and any block of code (stuff enclosed in braces) can be collapsed and opened by clicking on a plus sign "icon", just like way you expand and collaps folders in a directory listing (in Windows Explorer or My Computer, for example).
5) Built-in support for major version control systems like CVS and Subversion, instead of Dreamweaver's limitation to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.
6) Support and syntax highlighting for a WIDE selection of languages and protocols. In fact, I first became interested in Komodo as a Python editor. It also supports live debugging for Perl and Ruby, and does a decent job as a raw XML and HTML editor. Not to mention SQL and CSS.
That's just scratching the surface, but I betters top before this starts sounding like a sales pitch instead of a recommendation. I don't work for ActiveState. Honest.
NOTE: This feature comparison is as of MacroMedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, which isn't the latest, but is what I'm using at the moment.
NOTE2: Though it is commercial software, ActiveState does have a trial version available for download. Even if you don't plan on purchasing, it's still a worthwhile experience, so you'll know what you might be missing when you choose another software package instead.
2006-11-08 04:43:57
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answered by Anonymous
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Client-side AJAX code is written in JavaScript, so you need an editor which can work with both JavaScript and PHP. There are plenty of those all over the place. A few that I worked with and liked are Edit Plus, PSPad, PHP Designer, and UltraEdit. PSPad is free, PHP Designer has a free Personal version, Edit Plus and UltraEdit have free fully-functional trial versions.
2006-11-09 04:54:28
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answer #3
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answered by NC 7
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Hello,
This is a good link for downloading Ultraedit for free http://bitly.com/1k4iexC
It's the best choice.
I hope it helps
2014-08-01 03:13:10
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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Here are the people who can help you choose the best editor for your purpose
http://www.php.net/
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2006-11-06 16:07:03
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answered by jan 7
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