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I am used to metapad (basically a more fault tolerant notepad), dreamweaver (memory hog with neat syntax highlighting, and basic error detection), and hotdog (antique, dont use this anymore!).
What I want to do is migrate to a better editor that isn't a memory hog like dreamweaver, but also is closer to the edge of production programming. I use SFTP alot with my internals, FTP basic with my external projects, and I also want to use SVN. <- Most of these protocols dont need to be built into the editor, but it would be nice.
My question is this;
I have looked at Sublime Text 2, the responsiveness is amazing, but it's broken. Alot. And every time someone mentions this. They suggest that it will be that way cause it's a "beta" release.
Is there something else that I should use that is similar or uses the same plugins? How do I make sublime more stable short of de-compiling the thing, and trying to hack it to behave with Windows? (or perhaps, Simple Text 2 is purely for Mac users?) Let me know!
My Target Market;
Speed, Lightweight (Aptana & Dreamweaver use around ~150MB memory), Keyboard intensive preferred (or at least shortcut friendly), works in portable mode (install not required)
Platforms required; Windows 7/XP, Linux CentOS 6.x (with PuTTY please?)
Platforms wanted; Android OS / Apple iOS - friendly with bluetooth support (?)
Syntax highlighting/coding specific for/with; *Important
PHP 5.x, MySQL, YUI
Syntax highlighting supported for; *Not so important
HTML, XML, and maybe.. YAML/MongoDB (?)
Works with or does something similar to; (Zen Coding - fast way to write repetitive tasks)
http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/
I DO NOT care for;
Debuggers.. why? Because I can write debugger stuff in my own code, and often.. even inside of dreamweaver I never use their test browser cause I always end up wanting to use a full-fledged browser with extensions like firebug/ySlow inside of IE9, Firefox 12, Chrome, etc.
** Updated with more specific requirements.
It sounds like you value stability and robustness. My long-time text editor on Windows was UltraEdit. It's not one of the "hip" new editors, but it's solid and has support for a lot of things, though it does take some configuration to get going. It isn't free, however. All the open source or free text editors I've found for Windows (esp. Notepad++, which is often recommended) are even more "broken" than Sublime Text 2 (which I find to be pretty good, actually).
On Mac, I use TextWrangler which is free, stable, and great. I have no idea how you intend to find a text editor that'll actually on Mac, Windows and Android (the first two I understand... the latter, however, will naturally be a completely different product).
Both UltraEdit and TextWrangler have been around for a long time and have had most of their kinks and quirks worked out. They're reliable products and can be trusted to simply handle whatever you throw at them, in my experience.
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For a website I need a forum and I'm looking for code written in classic ASP. I know about phpBB and Simple Machines, but that's written in PHP.
I'm used to use (classic) ASP for websites, because I think ASP.NET is to much overkill for simple websites. Or should I definitely switch to PHP? I'm thinking about doing that for some time.
Suggestions?
(So 2 questions)
There is only one that is good, Snitz.
(I would seriously consider moving to .NET though if you want to stay on the MS platform)
I always use Classic ASP, it works beautifully. I tried ASP.net but it was too complex for most website development. ASP.NET keeps changing and require enormous learning curve to keep current. MS switched languages to C# which makes the transition just that much harder.
PHP has an ugly syntax and too many different frameworks which makes it impossible to learn for developer purposes. Good only for intranet applications in my opinion.
Classic ASP is locked down and works perfectly today just as it did years ago. With a few library files, code writing is easy as pie and examples are unlimited on the internet.
Snitz forum is good and so is web wiz forums.
others here
http://www.codango.com/asp/fnc/search/?tree=aspin/software&pg=1&order=desc&qry=forum&cat=all
Stick with Classic ASP if you understand it. It is more rubust, more versatile and will run on any server running IIS. And it can be edited easily and at any time using Notepad or Sharepoint Designer.
I use Classic ASP because I can create much more sophisticated web applications than anyone can using other languages. For forum software it depends on the features that you need. After using or trying most of them I prefer to roll my own.
Classic ASP is getting old and has problems in terms of scalability. I spent over a year converting classic ASP to ASP.NET for a high usage site because we could not get classic ASP to scale.
I know it is hard to change from what you know, but in the world of software - change is a constant. Going to PHP will save allot of problems in the future - it happened with FoxPro where Microsoft just stopped supporting it. So take the step to learn something new.
PHP is open source and still easy to write. It has a wonderful manual online so there is no direct cost in learning. Plus, you can write code directly on the page just like classic ASP, although modern development practices frown upon that.
PHP manual: http://www.php.net/docs.php
Plus you can always ask for help on SO.
Asp.Net is a very powerful language and isn't too different that Asp. It did take a little bit of extra learning, but it was well worth it. was in very much the same boat as you are and can not stand how the WYSIWYG editors reformat all of the HTML. I've spent a very large part of my life using Notepad for all of my programming needs.
I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for my Asp.Net sites since it came out. I do not use the WYSIWYG mode, but rather always view the Source. This allows me to utilize the color coding of the code, provides access to IntelliSense and enables easy formatting. You can quickly comment or uncomment large sections of code, indent large sections instantaniously and pull up help files with the touch of a button. Using the Source Mode only, I have been able to maintain a very clean and usable set of Html, with all of the benefits of the WYSIWYG editors.
Using VS2008 or VS2010, it is not necessary to have any project files or DLLs that you manage, unless you are creating custom DLLs. Your custom controls can be written and accessed through Notepad, without the need to recompile. Personally, I usually open the Website via FTP Server and manage it from there. This does not require FrontPage extensions, but also does not require the separate development Server for using and editing offline.
The Config files are a necessary part of IIS and can be very beneficial. Fortunately, the Web.Config file is used primarily to store the configuration for your specific information such as your Database Providers, Membership Providers and security restrictions. A majority of the Config file is stored in Machine.Config and allows you to minimize the amount of information in it.
As I said, I have spent many years using Notepad and FTP to edit and manage websites. A large problem was always ensuring that the files are continually synchronized and you don't accidentally overwrite the newer files with older ones. Using VS in FTP mode takes care of this for you. Your local files are time stamped and if there is a conflict, VS will ask which edition should be used. Check it out. I think you'll find VS very beneficial.
Asp.Net is also used for the Ajax Control Toolkit, which is essentially an add-on of controls for web development. You can get more information on them at www.asp.net/ajax. They are very powerful and open source. For the bulk of us, you can use the pre-compiled Dll, which is a single file, and upload that to your Bin Folder. Short of that, all you need to do is properly reference the resource in your page and they are usable. It's a very simple process, but can save hours of writing JavaScript and client-scripted controls.
I hope this helps you out.
Scott
I've used WebWizGuide.com in the past, by far the best, still actively supported, free to use (or a paid version is offered.)
The guy Bruce who runs it is extremely dedicated and passionate, and the code behind it is some of the highest quality I have ever seen, and that software which I used to write plugins for is how I got into coding in the first place!
I would definatly recommend this to you.
I recommend you to jump to ASP.net, especially ASP.net MVC (IMO a bright spot in the MS portfolio), but if you want to start with something more simple, more similar to ASP Classic, you can jump to Microsoft WebMatrix
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There are plenty of small editors like Notepad++, vim, & SciTE - but they only work on one file at a time. In other words, they aren't aware of the whole scope of the codebase.
On the other hand, all the full IDE's I have seen which offer code-completion (over all files in a project) take a good amount of memory to run. Eclipse PDT, PHPStorm, etc..
I'm looking for a tiny IDE with nothing more than code completion and syntax coloring to move around some very limit dev systems running PHP. Is there anything like this?
Windows or Linux
Update
To clarify, if the app can't do multi-file code completion (complete code in one file, based on classes in other files) then it doesn't fit my requirements.
Netbeans is the best performing PHP editor with code completion that I have used; that said, it's by no means a lightweight editor. But I don't think any kind of editor with code completion is going to be truly lightweight.
Geany is my editor of choice. It's small, cross-platform, (GTK) and supports literally dozens of languages. (including PHP) It has syntax highlighting, code-completion and even custom "build" commands. (such as php -l for sanity checks)
Try Komodo Edit or Komodo IDE. It has all PHP assistance features included and even debugging (in IDE).
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide
It has some bugs like PHP variables showing up in JavaScript autocomplete.
Try the v6 beta: http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
I use MacVim and I often have multiple files open in separate tabs.
Vim supports syntax highlighting out of the box and code completion if you use ctags plugins.
See also:
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/09/visual-walk-through-of-couple-of-new.html
http://blogs.gnome.org/lharris/2008/07/20/code-completion-with-vim-7/
Nusphere PHPEd. That's the one I use after horrible Java based alternatives and Zend Studio to name the waterheaded ones :P. It's blazing fast, has built in code completion library, fully customizable syntax highlighting for PHP 4.x, PHP 5.x, PHP 5.3, html, css, smarty, perl, sql, xml, c/c++, python, asp, js and who knows what else.
Highlights:
Über fast development environment.
Awesome file manager options (SFTP, SSH, etc.)
Fully customizable syntax highlighting (light/dark profiles)
Built in debugger
Fully customizable editor options (brackets, completion, whatever...)
PHP Expert Editor is a fairly small app that allows editing of multiple files, has syntax highlighting and integrates with PHP to do syntax checking. I've been using it for years.
I use notepad++ most of the time. But you could try out this free IDE which I think fits your bill Codelobster It's around 13mb
The best PHP IDE now in production would be Zend Studio, but it's not free. So the closest would be Eclipse PDT, but you don't like it.
Aptana Studio for PHP was a lot better, but was discontinued, and Aptana became an IDE for JS and Ruby now, but I tried to save what's left of it, so it's still available.
So far I didn't find anything better than Aptana Studio for PHP.
Big throwback though - it only supports syntax of PHP 5.2.
Aptana is also one of the greatest IDE for Javascript, and HTML+CSS editing is also a step further than in NetBeans (code completion for CSS selectors, based on HTML).
Aptana also has support for Smarty template engine, which is great for me.
Best part - no installation required. Just unzip and run. It only requires JRE to be installed, and most of us do have it installed. And, it may create conflicts with Eclipse projects, so for a clean experiment, open a project that contains no Eclipse service files.
SciTE is quite good for an advanced, lightweight editor. Only downside in this scenario is that you'll have to add code completion and file tree via plugins. Thankfully plugins are very simple to make.
I use sublimeText or Brackets or Atom. Their are small and do not require hight performance.
Sublime Text 3
Brackets
Atom IDE
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I'm going to teach PHP (plus HTML, plus MySQL) to a complete beginner. What tools do you recommend for Windows in term of editor, web server and general set up?
I'd suggest XAMPP, which is PHP, MySQL, Apache and Perl packed together with very easy installation and almost no configuration needed.
For development, I suggest using NetBeans as IDE, it has very nice PHP support.
Get a prepackaged distribution. There are quite a few of these around. Personally I use XAMPP but others are fine too. This gives you Apache, PHP and MySQL with an easy-to-use installer.
Other than that you don't really need much. Just an editor of some kind (which could be anything from Notepad to a full-blown IDE) and something to connect to MySQL. Possibly phpMyAdmin but I personally prefer a desktop app for this. DBVisualizer is pretty decent. There are others.
As far as editors go, of course don't use Windows Notepad. :) Notepad++ is a better free alternative. As far as IDE goes, I kinda like phped but it's commercial. Netbeans is OK. Eclipse can be used too.
I'd second the notepad++ requirement. I'd also seriously advise installing xdebug on the webserver as it'll give a full stack trace if something goes wrong. Without this debugging can be really difficult.
I'd also advise developing with notices on (rather than just warnings). It's a bit more work to code but it's caught stupid errors for me countless times and is invaluable.
Wamp server is good, and contains MySQL, which is probably what you want to target if you ever plan on putting anything live on the web as other databases may not be as well supported.
Make sure you have a real, step-by-step, debugger, and teach them how to use it. “var_dump debugging” is okay in a pinch, but not a good habit to get into. As suggested above, Xdebug is a good choice, especially when paired with a nice front-end. The Komodo IDE as well as NetBeans work with Xdebug.
Beginners often are concerned about “optimizing” their code to make it faster. You can show them—using profiling—that optimizing for speed is pointless unless (1) it really is slow and (2) what you’re optimizing really is the bottleneck. You can configure Xdebug so that simply adding ?XDEBUG_PROFILE to the end of a URL generates profiling statistics. You can then analyze those statistics with the beautiful and easy-to-use webgrind.
Choosing an editor or IDE is a personal decision. Let them use whatever they are comfortable with. If they’ve never programmed before, teach them about your favorite editor or IDE.
XAMPP give you an out-of-the-box installation with PHP, MySQL, Perl and Apache, so you can focus on learning HTML and PHP:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Apache-based local web-server, and a comfortable IDE.
You may use whatever IDE you like, but it should:
- highlight PHP
- have embedded FTP client (for working with non-local files)
I recommend XAMPPLite with PHP 5.3.0 if possible.
Regarding databases, I suggest SQLite - it's a great database engine embedded in a single file that supports standard SQL and IMHO it's easier to set up and maintain, otherwise MySQL with InnoDB.
Editors, I would go with Notepad++ or Intype for TextMate-like bundles.
If you're looking for IDEs, pick either Komodo or Aptana.
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I am looking for RAD like environment for PHP and/or Python free or not does not matter.
It should have a visual environment where one can use a point and click interface so that it is possible to select objects with mouse and move them around.
I have looked at Delphi4PHP. The RAD part is fantastic, but I don't like the framework on which it is based VCL4PHP (vcl4php.sourceforge.net) is crappy. Just to deploy a simple Hello world application we will have to deploy 40MB of that framework. That is just stupid.....
I looked at Eclipse but it is only a code IDE. Does not have a visual way of designing a page/window. Did I miss any plugin that supports this feature?
I was suggested to give NetBeans IDE a close look so I also looked that up, but did not find what I wanted.
I have also looked up following but none of these are true RAD:
NuSphere PHPEd
VS PHP for Visual Studio
PHP Designer (not a designer by any means just a plain old IDE)
I have not been able to find any descent Python RAD tool also.
I have looked up Yes Software's Code Charge Studio (www.yessoftware.com) but it cannot be used to develop complicated applications like say for example an Accounting System or an Inventory Management App, etc.. It is useful but for very simple apps. Making changes to Visual part (referred as components by this people) is a nightmare. Finally it does not support Python.
Python and PHP both have a binding for GTK :
PyGTK for Python;
PHP GTK for PHP;
You can use Glade as a RADD to draw a GTK app.
GTK runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
If you are looking for something embedding everything, I can think of SPE for Python, but you really can run Glade as stand alone.
Since any picture is worth 1000 words :
I let the PHP lovers choosing their language equivalent.
I just remenbered some more tools that might be useful to you, besides WebDev:
PHPMaker
WaveMaker
For Python I'm gonna try the DialogBlocks later this evening.
for python try BoaConstructor if you come delphi background its a good start.
TurboPHP, and it's now open source project.
Also wxPython has GUI Builder.
Delphi4PHP is the only I know of, back in the old days I also used Macromedia (now Adobe) Dreamweaver to generate some code, and if you set up a live site it kinda acts like a RAD IDE. Kinda.
For Python, I asked a similar question a couple of hours ago, I'm also interested in knowing such tool.
There also webdev. It can generate PHP.
Wingware looks like a pretty decent Python IDE
I think Morfik is a RAD tool pretty much like what you're looking for. The language you program in is not PHP or Python, though. It uses ObjectPascal, c#, or Basic:
http://www.morfik.com
I don't think Yogi is a PITA. He is discerning and this is very helpful. Since none of these tools quite hit the mark for him when one does it will be the right one and then all of us will benefit from his studied decision.
You should really check out Vs.php Vs.php it is visual studio (standalone) or a visual studio plugin. Now if someone would do the same for xcode...
Let me elaborate on CodeCharge Studio. I think you still can consider this system.
Personally, I've been using it to develop very complex high-load data-base driven CRM applications, with 4.x version it even generates AJAX-based code and autocomplete, ajax-form submittion are piece of cake.
With CCS you will need sometimes some tuning, but the tricks are pretty much typical. So, CodeCharge Studio is still a choice for complex applications too.
Since you mentioned Delphi, you can try ExtPascal - http://code.google.com/p/extpascal/ . There is a 3rd party designer support for this framework(Delphi and Lazarus).
I found an IDE which will allow user to visually build Python based apps. The IDE is open souce and is from Japan.
Check it out!
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I have to say that I have not used it. I just discovered it!
I am still searching for a good IDE for PHP which will allow me to build GUI visually.
Hope this helps others.
The good news is that you won't miss it as soon as you familiarize yourself with a way of work when the responsibilities are shared.
Think it over: really the programmer is the right person to assemble the user interface? I think not even in case of a desktop application.
Programmer should write good code, separated display logic, and let all the presentation things to
information architects
user interface/experience specialists
here comes you, to write the code
graphic designers
sitebuilders
The -not so bad- news is that, there is no such tool for PHP and Python.
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I'm a Engineering student and I'm attending a Database and Information Systems class this semester. It's required that I produce a website/application that uses a database, using PHP/PGSQL. My questions are:
which IDE would you recommend?
does anyone have good tips and advices for a new developer?
it would help me (a lot) to develop this project attending some more "academic" aspects of the subject, such as the Entity/Association Model, etc. Are there any good tools to help structure my work?
Thanks!
EDIT: A few notes:
I forgot to ask one last thing, I tried installing BitNami's WAPP Stack. Does anyone know how good and/or reliable it is?
I'm actually working under Windows Vista Business (new laptop :S ). Would you recommend develloping under Linux for any specific reason?
which IDE would you recommend?
Anything that supports remote debugging. You will save yourselves hours and hours and learn so much quicker if you can actually step through your code. It always amazes me that more people don't use good debugging tools for PHP. The tools are there, not using them is crazy. FWIW I've always been a devotee of Activestate Komodo - fantastic product.
does anyone have good tips and advices for a new developer?
get test infected. It will stand you in good stead in the future, and will force you to think about design issues properly. In fact the benefits are many and the drawbacks few.
learn to refactor, and make it part of your development "rhythm".
related to this is: think ahead, but don't programme ahead. Be aware that something you are writing will probably need to be bubbled up the class hierarchy so it is available more generically, but don't actual do the bubbling up till you need it.
it would help me (a lot) to develop this project attending some more "academic" aspects of the subject, such as the Entity/Association Model, etc. Are there any good tools to help structure my work?
Learn about design patterns and apply the lessons you have learned from them. Don't programme the "PHP4" way.
I forgot to ask one last thing, I tried installing BitNami's WAPP Stack. Does anyone know how good and/or reliable it is?
No idea, but if you have the time I'd avoid a prebuilt stack like WAMPP. It's important to understand how the pieces fit together. However, if you're running on Windows, you may not have time and your energy could be better focused on writing good code than working out how to install PHP, PostgreSQL and Apache.
I'm actually working under Windows Vista Business (new laptop :S ). Would you recommend developing under Linux for any specific reason?
Yes I would. Assuming you are deploying on Linux (if you are deploying on Windows I'd be asking myself some serious questions!), then developing in the same environment is incredibly useful. I switched for that reason in 2005 and it was one of the most useful things I did development wise. However if you're a total *nix newbie and are under tight time constraints maybe stick with what you know. If you have time to try things out, you'll find it pretty easy to get up and running with a good modern Linux desktop distro and the development work will fly along.
This is probably the only time in your career when you have the full freedom to chose what tools to use, so make the best use of it. Learn some of the classic tools that will go with you a long long way.
So instead of using an IDE which you'll probably do all your professional life get a taste of using old school editors like vim/emacs. One advantage here is that the IDE will not hide all the details on getting your project to work, knowing the full technology stack is always a plus.
For any technology that you'll be using try and get a good broad perspective before diving in to the implementation details, so for PHP I would suggest getting a grasp of XHTML, CSS and Javascript including libraries like jQuery; Object Relational Mapping (Take a look at Ruby on Rails, CakePHP, Django and SQL Alchemy) and Model View Controller Frameworks on various platforms.
For PGSQL in addition to normalization try to get into the depths of information_schema and the transaction isolation levels and when they're useful.
Also important is understanding how the HTTP protocol works at a low level and how highly scalable websites can be built using HTTP.
Rather than relying on tools I would say that just create a reading list on the topics mentioned above and that would automatically structure your thought process to take into account these kind of issues.
IDE: I reccomend PSPad for its great FTP features and syntax highlighting for PHP
Tip: Go through the PHP documentation for mysql or whatever database you are using, the PHP documentation is the best tool you have for learning it.
Tip: Keep data simple, its always mutable to something else, for example, store time with unixtimestamp, since php has great functionality with the date() function to turn it into anything you want.
EDIT to add linux vs windows tips
I have developed on both Windows and Linux machines and i have both had a PHP server on Linux and Windows and for my type of developing (CMS's and Websites on those CMS's) i prefer developing on Windows and hosting on Linux. This is due to the stability of Linux and the Tools i can use reliably on Windows (Photoshop mainly)
I would recommend a plain text editor rather than an IDE. You should use one with syntax highlighting such as Notepad++.
Tips:
Use Firefox
Play around with some test databases. The biggest mistake made when teaching or learning databases is to focus on theory without actual data.
A good IDE for PHP is PDT, an Eclipse plugin.
My recommendations:
No IDE - just a basic syntax-highlighting text editor (I use jEdit)
Understand XSS and SQL injection
There are lots of good frameworks under PHP that will help
I recommend you netbeans .its free. it is available for all platforms, and mostly it is good for editing php, jsp, java, css, html, ...
Good for SVN, mercurial, Plus you can integrate it easyly with kenai.com...
it helps with the IntelliSense kind of pop up.
believe me, i'm using it for php development and its the best suited ide i can find...
IDE: Quanta+
tip: don't use a template library over a template language (PHP)
tip: MVC is a design and mentality issue, not a library
The best editors you get on windows are Notepad++ and Eclipse. both good, but can't hold a candle to Kate and Quanta+. for that alone, i'd ditch windows. Also, it's nice to have both the development and a real test environment on the same system, and even if most OSS is available on windows, they're always a square peg on a round hole.
ide: vim + (firefox+firebug)
using an ide with php, for the most part, is overkill
other tools: pgadmin3
design your tables so they are easy to query
if you have an extra box, i would put linux on it if you want to try it out. Ubuntu is a good started distro with a simple LAMP set up process. I wouldnt do anything to that vista laptop though, because it will allow you to test in IE and firefox.
Have you looked at Delphi for PHP (<http://www.codegear.com/products/delphi/php>) ?
Joe Stagner of Microsoft really likes Delphi for PHP.
He says it here: "[Delphi for PHP] 2.0 is the REAL DEAL and I LOVE IT !"