Which program do you use for coding?

[madskl]

I was thinking about trying to switch out Dreamweaver with something else that is a lot more coding related. Even though in CS5 there are a lot of features in DW it still doesn't feel like a piece of software to code in.

So I was thinking I would get some suggestions here. I've seen some programs that actually have the black background with colored codes - how well is that for the eyes for longer coding runs?

I'm primarily doing PHP, HTML & CSS.

[Laurë Veteran]

I default to Aquamacs or Notepad++ unless I can/have to use an IDE. IDE depends on the language and at work I don't have much choice over them.

[+Majesticmerc MVC]

ASP.NET: Visual Studio 2008 (work) or 2010 (Home)

Windows: Visual Studio 2010

PHP: Eclipse (PDT Plugin)

Java: Eclipse

Quick Edits: Gedit or Notepad++ depending on whether I'm using Ubuntu or Windows respectively.

[+LogicalApex MVC]

Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

[vhane]

Vim for pretty much everything.

[the better twin]

Aptana Studio.

[Mouldy Punk]

I use Netbean's PHP variant. It does the usual syntax highlighting, code completion, project management, great code navigation etc, but it also integrates nicely with source control which is a big plus for me.

[RoomKid]

I use Coda on my Mac. On Windows, I use Intype.

[sbauer]

I use Coda on my Mac. On Windows, I use Intype.

Eh. Great looking text editor, terrible execution. Considering it has been two years since their last "stable" release and their complete lack of communication skills, it's unlikely that I'll ever pay for the product

[Guest]

Mac OS X:

TextMate

Transmit - SFTP

[StingerT101]

PSPad for php

www.pspad.com

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

for PHP, I use PHPDesigner

[firey]

Notepad++ all the way, been using it for 3 years now, wouldn't think of using anything else.

[mail]

Eh. Great looking text editor, terrible execution. Considering it has been two years since their last "stable" release and their complete lack of communication skills, it's unlikely that I'll ever pay for the product

That's why I switched to Vim. Frankly I'm glad Vim is all sorts of awesome.

[SharpGreen]

Notepad++ for me, though I used to use Expression Web from MS. I wish there was a windows version of Coda. In my limited use of it I thought it was pretty awesome.

[Volatile]

Notepad++ on windows

GEdit on linux

[Rudy]

Xcode.... :/ But I think this thread is more intended towards web developers... So I'll add that at work I use Eclipse :x

[Astra.Xtreme]

Dreamweaver --> Any web design coding

AVR Studio --> C or Assembly on Atmel products

Quartus II --> VHDL

Eclipse --> Java

LabVIEW --> G-code

RSLogix 5000 --> Ladder Logic for Allen-Bradley PLC's

MATLAB --> whatever the hell that language is called

MS Office --> VBA macros

Just a few of the apps I had to use in the past year.

[deactivated_]

Dreamweaver CS5 and Notepad++.

[AJerman]

Coda is one of the most beautiful and well written apps I've ever used, so that's what I use on OS X.

On Windows I usually use just a notepad or equivilent, or Visual Studio.

[alisalem]

Dreamweaver and NetBeans.

[sbauer]

Today I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and I want to punch it in its face. I'm managing a few mercurial branches and the waiting game for a project refresh is getting annoying.

[rajputwarrior]

osx i use coda, best programming program out there IMO on any platform. been using it since it was initially released (all i do all my coding in osx anyways...)

[Qbektrix]

There is a program called HomeSite developed by Nick Bradbury for Allaire Corporation. In 2003, the software was bought by Macromedia and integrated with DreamWeaver. The independent program was stopped somewhere in 2004. Its a nice light program for programmers are it suggest the functions which was helpful. But now its outdated and not sure if there is anything better around. Nick Bradbury later made TopStyle. Should try that also.

[Flawed]

BlueFish if I want an IDE, or just plain Vim / Screen if I'm doing CLI work. For web development at least. If it's C or Python, I tend to use Vim or Geany.

[RoomKid]

Eh. Great looking text editor, terrible execution. Considering it has been two years since their last "stable" release and their complete lack of communication skills, it's unlikely that I'll ever pay for the product

Yeah I know. I use it only for it's syntax highlighting ;)