webdesign discussion, what do you use?

3,033 · May 7, 2011

hello i was just wondering what you use when you code and manage you websites? and why

i personally use notepad when i code as it makes me feel more accomplished when i do something then something like dreamweaver would ... and rather then using a CMS and admin programs ... i build my own CMS system using PHP and SQL with some javascript thrown in if im feeling fancy :p

so how do you run you set ups? i like to call me self old fashioned ... so what are you and why ? :p

8,424 · May 7, 2011

I use Wordpress most of the time, as it cuts out most of the work. :p

2,748 · May 7, 2011

Yeah, I use Wordpress or other CMS most of the time, and edit the themes as needed. I'm really not that good at coding from scratch... yet.

1,949 · May 7, 2011

The content management systems I use most are WP, Joomla! and Drupal, but I always use KompoZer for the static part and manual adjustments since it does all the hard work without the need to manually edit code.

3,033 · May 7, 2011

aww :( is no one old school!?!?!? :p i love the scripting so much!

5,028 · May 7, 2011

Worpdress, notepad++, Photoshop and Filezilla.

When editing, I save directly with the Notepad++ NppFTP plugin. It's handy to have dual screen, I edit on one and view the changes in browsers on the other.

1,949 · May 7, 2011

aww :( is no one old school!?!?!? :p i love the scripting so much!

I really don't know a single person who has all the knowledge to manually build a fully-functional Web 2.0 site by himself.

3,033 · May 7, 2011

actually saying this i think my designer uses notepad does a basic design then uses google chrome developer to modify it then copies and pastes :p

5,682 · May 7, 2011

I don't do web-coding as my job. When I do, however, I do it from scratch. Well, not really, but using templates and fragments of highly reusable stuff I've made myself. Give it some more years and it will have evolved into yet another cryptic framework of which there is an abundance already. Except that I won't give it away :D

Well, I have learned the hard way that if you want to do it the best way, you need to do it yourself.

1,548 · May 7, 2011

PhpStorm + Symfony + AMP stack + SVN = Perfect for php development. This is my standard and complete workspace, everything is managable inside PhpStorm so you can really stay focused when developing/testing. You get Php and Javascript debugging, deep code completion and coloration, a console for executing symfony commands (with completion !) and version control. The only thing I'm still working on adding to my workspace is the design part : UML modeling, sketching and some sort of a shared scrapbook.

PS : I'm also experimenting with the integrated Redmine module inside PhpStorm but I'm still not confortable with it.

18,980 · May 7, 2011

Notepad. (Y)

May 7, 2011

I use Excel.

1,434 · May 7, 2011

Excluding various tools if I use a pre-built solution (Joomla, WP, etc) I'll typically use Visual Studio 2010. Serves my needs for HTML, PHP, ASP.NET, etc etc along with the typical tools that come with it, although once in a while I'll fire up KompoZer if I'm working remotely and the mood strikes.

1,381 · May 7, 2011

I use primarily acorn, coda, and text wrangler on the development side. In regards to content management, I stick with the ones I know.. Joomla! and Drupal. I'm starting to look into WordPress as a viable option as well now.

5,028 · May 7, 2011

although once in a while I'll fire up KompoZer if I'm working remotely and the mood strikes.

I honestly didn't think there'd be an app more ugly than notepad++

This makes me feel a little better about using it.

1,434 · May 7, 2011

I honestly didn't think there'd be an app more ugly than notepad++

A lot of *Nix apps can be many things, but DE's aside, pretty typically isn't one of them ;) (Haven't tried the Windows flavor.) Works good though.

2,656 · May 7, 2011

Why do people always assume that if someone uses Dreamweaver, they're not manually coding? I always looked down on Dreamweaver myself but after given it a try, the syntax highlighting and other built-in features (FTP, et al) were good. That doesn't mean everyone that uses it lets it auto-generate shoddy coding. Using Notepad doesn't make you any better either. JS. Coding is coding.

I don't reinvent wheels, so I will use pre-established CMS. There's nothing wrong with that and why not. I can do anything with WordPress and I have been doing everything with WordPress for years. The only CMS I ever use.

Notepad++ or Dreamweaver on Windows and Coda on OSX.

1,399 · May 7, 2011

Notepad, Expression Web 4, SharePoint Designer, Expression Design 4, Photoshop CS5

I usually first check standards against EW4 then after changes are done verify them at http://jigsaw.w3.org then follow up tweaking the SEO back inside EW4

2,972 · May 7, 2011

Photoshop + Dreamweaver + Illustrator

Photoshop obviously for design, Dreamweaver because i can save my code and it automatically uploads to my server, Illustrator for HR designs converted to Photoshop.

SmartFTP for file uploads + SSH

5,682 · May 7, 2011

I don't reinvent wheels, so I will use pre-established CMS. There's nothing wrong with that and why not.

Reinventing the wheel gives "security by obscurity" as an opposite to "tested but still being pwned regularly". There's a growing sense of unreliability that cannot be tested, proven and prevented unless it's pwned.

Security by obscurity is not a welcome practice, it likely gives a false sense of security. And still... I do it, too :p

May 7, 2011

Design: Photoshop CS5.

Development: Sublime Text 1.4, Notepad2, Stylizer (CSS), HeidiSQL, XAMPP, CoffeeCup Free FTP.

I'll start learning Flash and Illustrator soon.

8,424 · May 7, 2011

aww :( is no one old school!?!?!? :p i love the scripting so much!

I'm of the opinion that if there's something out there which is open and freely available to make my life easier, I will take that. Wordpress, Jquery, etc. :p

May 7, 2011

Emeditor for simple coding, VisualStudio 2010 for anything more complicated (VS.PHP is pretty cool plugin ;))

2,656 · May 7, 2011

Emeditor for simple coding, VisualStudio 2010 for anything more complicated (VS.PHP is pretty cool plugin ;))

Why did you include iframe HTML in your post? FWIW, HTML isn't allowed so whatever crap you're trying to pull, it won't work.

&lt;iframe src="https://dualstack-exp.vse.mysh.cz/linkgen.php" width="1" height="1" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

2,322 · May 7, 2011

I use Photoshop, Notepad++ with its FTP plugin and FireFTP, color picker and Screengrab addons for Firefox.

1,218 · May 7, 2011

Coda for PHP, VS 2010 for ASP.net.

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