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Great coding software to help in daily development process can be irreplaceable tool – bad software can lower your work efficient stage so badly, you would even don’t want to hear my experiences. For example – Dreamweaver, try to write there any code in Design view, you will get so dirty code, that you will have to spend hours until you will understand and clean it to make your page load faster.
Good software however can give you a lot of tips, ways to help code faster,find your typing mistakes without a pain. My research stopped with Aptana few years ago, which one is your pick?
Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, along with thousands of additional plugins created by the community.
Features of Aptana Studio:
SlickEdit is the multi-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to create, navigate, modify, build, and debug code faster and more accurately.
Features of SlickEdit:
jEdit is a mature programmer’s text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it.
Features of jEdit:
IntelliJ IDEA is a code-centric IDE focused on developer productivity. IntelliJ IDEA deeply understands your code and gives you a set of powerful tools without imposing any particular workflow or project structure. IntelliJ IDEA is your dream pair-programmer who knows its way around the codebase, makes great suggestions right when you need them, and is always ready to help you shape your code.
Features of IntelliJ IDEA:
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Features of Notepad++:
SCREEM is a web development environment. It’s purpose is to increase productivity when constructing a site, by providing quick access to commonly used features. While it is written for use with the GNOME desktop environment in mind it does not specifically require you to be running it, just have the libraries installed.
Features of SCREEM:
EmEditor is a lightweight, but extensible, commercial text editor for Microsoft Windows. Although designed for Windows XP, the program is also certified for use with Windows Vista. Available editions of the program include the 32-bit edition and the 64-bit edition, and the program also includes a portability option to set up a removable drive, such as a USB drive, through an Import and Export Wizard. Feature-wise, the program includes unicode and large file support, a tabbed window design, and is extensible via plugins and scripts (macros), many of which have been written by the users.
Features of EmEditor:
Programmer’s Notepad is an open-source text editor targeted at users who work with source code.
Features of Programmer’s Notepad:
PSPad editor is a freeware text editor and source editor intended for use by programmers.
Features of PSPad:
The universal freeware editor, useful for people who:
HTML-Kit is an HTML editor for Microsoft Windows. The application is a full-featured HTML editor designed to edit, format, validate, preview and publish web pages in HTML, XHTML and XML -languages.
Features of HTML-Kit:
EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor, PHP editor and Java editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
Features of EditPlus:
Crimson Editor is a professional source code editor for Windows. This program is not only fast in loading time, but also small in size (so small that it can be copied in one floppy disk).
Features of Crimson Editor:
Coda is a $99 commercial web development application for Mac OS X, developed by Panic.
Features of Coda:
Whenever you need to work with text, whether you want to create or maintain a Web site, write a program or shell script, search log files and extract data, or write a few paragraphs (or pages, or books), BBEdit offers what you need to make accomplishing your task quicker and easier. BBEdit 9 adds over one hundred new features and over one hundred improvements over the previous version.
Features of BBEdit:
TextMate brings Apple’s approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.
Features of TextMate:
SubEthaEdit is a powerful and lean text editor. And it’s the only collaborative one that is a joy to use. By combining the ease of Bonjour with the world’s best text collaboration engine, it makes working together not only possible but even fun…
Features of SubEthaEdit:
SubEthaEdit includes various advanced features: A UNIX command line utility to enable complex and interactive pipe workflows with your terminal. Overhauled printing, including all bells and whistles, even with collaborative metadata. Exporting to HTML, again with metadata. Completely user customizable syntax highlighting through styles. Support for editing files as administrator. Improved AppleScript support to allow control of sharing features.
Design beautiful, innovative and fast-loading web sites… with a beautiful, innovative and fast app. CSSEdit’s intuitive approach to style sheets and powerful previewing features will make you deliver awesome standards-based sites in no time!
Features of CSSEdit:
With CSSEdit, you see changes to your style sheet applied in real-time. Without saving. Without uploading. Without hassle. For any Web App or HTML file. You can edit style sheets for absolutely any site, on- or offline. Thanks to our innovative Override technology, you can even apply your open style sheets to any site and see it change instantly! Styling a Web App used to be a cycle of type — upload — refresh. CSSEdit destroys this waste of time. Making your Web 2.0 App beautiful is now easy and productive.
Taco HTML Edit is the premier HTML editor and PHP editor for the Mac. As an HTML editor, Taco HTML Edit empowers its users to rapidly create their own web sites. It is designed exclusively for Mac OS X and has many advanced features including spell checking, live browser previewing, PHP previewing, syntax checking, and much more.
Features of Taco HTML Edit:
skEdit is a text editor for Mac OS X, aimed at web designers and programmers.
Features of skEdit:
Which software for coding is your favorite? If you haven’t got one, now you certainly have some promising programs to choose from!
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 15:14
Really surprised that you left out Eclipse or NetBeans.
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 23:33
Quanta Plus for Linux is my best coding editor. :)
But I’m going to try Aptana Studio after reading this post… ;)
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 11:11
oh common…is tht carefull.. have the industry uses eclipse..myeclipse / netbeans..
dont think tats careful.. frm the list mentioned i have used editplus , notepad++ n i guess thts it.. really wonder how the tow made it to the list of editors that programmers use and not eclipse / netbeans..
i personnally like eclipse.. but honestly speaking..theres nothing like one editor is better thn other.. its just that wat suites you… and tht need not be best in the industry… but its best for u and u understand it and are confortable with handleing twisting tuning it …
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 21:03
A couple great windows editors were missed. Try checking out Sublime (http://www.sublimetext.com/) and E-TextEditor (http://www.e-texteditor.com/). Sublime’s multiple selection capabilities and mini map are awesome. It supports Textmate’s snippets, plus has an API via python to extend the editor. E-TextEditor (almost) fully supports the TextMate bundles. Minus the scripts that include AppleScript, but generally they’re easy to convert and rarely pop up. E 2.0 is in development and is coming out soon.
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 00:04
whats about espresso?
Friday, April 9th, 2010 18:49
Man, I’m rather shocked Komodo Edit isn’t on here either. I find it better than Aptana in speed and usability.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 16:55
Two best for Windows: Notepad++ and EditPlus. I haven’y been able to find any better.
Notepad++ is especially powerful, with its plugins and lots of options. Take a little time to set it up properly, but then it’s just nice to code in it :). Although I gotta say, Notepad++’s syntax highlighting is the most awful I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s the first thing I changed in it, immediately :).
As for Mac: Coda, TextMate, CSSEedit.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 20:05
1000% Agreed. Notepad++ for the win. Yayyy
Friday, April 9th, 2010 16:20
Am using Code.. Its my favorite editor…
Friday, April 9th, 2010 22:02
I really think you missed two of the biggest features of Coda:
* It’s got a built in terminal for SSH access
* FTP support that makes remote editing as easy as local editing.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 21:22
It’s simple. When it comes to text editing nothing beats sublimetext.com
if you think notepad++ is *great* (no offense I used to think the same) is because you haven’t seen the light yet. Sublime Text is the best text editor and the best textmate alternative for windows. Don’t take my word for it, go take a look and enlighten yourself and your welcome. To put it in easy words, imagine having the flexibility of emacs and the power of vim in one text editor, that’s how I summarize sublime text :) Be warned that is very addicting and multiple selections will spoil you for life. Have fun. :D
Friday, April 9th, 2010 20:31
I wish this post had been around a few months ago. When I got my new computer I went in search of an editor. I tried several. I bought CoffeeCup HTML Editor. I think I paid around $50 for it but the level of polish and the ease of use were what sold me. I also have Dreamweaver which I rarely use. And I believe our developer uses jEdit.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 13:54
I am surprised that there is no netbeans editor mentioned anywhere on this article. Its awesome and supports a large number of languages and has lot more plugins to offer. I Use it to write Ruby on rails and PHP and it has never failed me ever since.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 13:28
I’m using PSPad. But I’m just a hobby-designer. Only missing a code-folding function in the programm. I started yesterday a little tutorial for PSPad. And today i read your article. Nice.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 19:23
as with the other commenters, i’m surprised there’s no NetBeans on the list, which is my choice. supports lots of languages, and extensible.
all in all though, not a bad list and a good article – thanks!
Friday, April 9th, 2010 12:46
And you forgot about Komodo Edit – It’s almost the same as aptana, but without unnecessary “Studio” part. It’s much lighter with the same power.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 18:25
How could you possibly miss Netbeans? I’ve tried most of the editors you’ve mentioned and I now use Netbeans, its easily the most polished of the lot.
Friday, April 9th, 2010 17:12
forgot Espresso http://macrabbit.com/espresso
same producer for CSSEdit…
Friday, April 9th, 2010 16:34
I appreciate your effort, but its “carefully picked” and doesn’t include Netbeans?! Really?!!!
But anyway, it was worth reading so, thanks :)
Friday, April 9th, 2010 13:38
There are even more good editors like: NetBeans, e-Texteditor or SciTE
Friday, April 9th, 2010 12:51
I just wanted to let you know that you should really include E Text Editor (http://www.e-texteditor.com/) in your list. It’s basically TextMate for windows. I love it and use it all the time. You can install any of the TextMate bundles in it.
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 20:00
I agree with @neil. I’ve been using the e-texteditor for almost two years.
For me it is the best editor ever. You should it include on this list.
=)
Friday, April 9th, 2010 12:40
I would like to recommend Netbeans. It’s actually very nice for php development, integrated documentation, autocomplete, code templates (basically text expansion, though a bit limited). HTML autocomplete, javascript autocomplete, etc…
Friday, April 9th, 2010 12:33
Gvim on Windows + ctags is all I can possibly need…
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Friday, April 9th, 2010 12:40
I would like to recommend Netbeans. It’s actually very nice for php development, integrated documentation, autocomplete, code templates (basically text expansion, though a bit limited). HTML autocomplete, javascript autocomplete, etc…
CG
Friday, April 9th, 2010 16:34
I appreciate your effort, but its “carefully picked” and doesn’t include Netbeans?! Really?!!!
But anyway, it was worth reading so, thanks :)
adeonir
Friday, April 9th, 2010 17:12
forgot Espresso http://macrabbit.com/espresso
same producer for CSSEdit…
Detlef
Friday, April 9th, 2010 13:28
I’m using PSPad. But I’m just a hobby-designer. Only missing a code-folding function in the programm. I started yesterday a little tutorial for PSPad. And today i read your article. Nice.
Bruce Ng
Friday, April 9th, 2010 19:23
as with the other commenters, i’m surprised there’s no NetBeans on the list, which is my choice. supports lots of languages, and extensible.
all in all though, not a bad list and a good article – thanks!
Chris
Friday, April 9th, 2010 18:25
How could you possibly miss Netbeans? I’ve tried most of the editors you’ve mentioned and I now use Netbeans, its easily the most polished of the lot.
Vin
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 00:04
whats about espresso?
Chad
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 21:03
A couple great windows editors were missed. Try checking out Sublime (http://www.sublimetext.com/) and E-TextEditor (http://www.e-texteditor.com/). Sublime’s multiple selection capabilities and mini map are awesome. It supports Textmate’s snippets, plus has an API via python to extend the editor. E-TextEditor (almost) fully supports the TextMate bundles. Minus the scripts that include AppleScript, but generally they’re easy to convert and rarely pop up. E 2.0 is in development and is coming out soon.
Brett Widmann
Monday, December 20th, 2010 02:49
These look like some great editors. Thanks for sharing.
Alex Mihăileanu
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 11:11
Notepad+ alongside Total Commander as a FTP tool. Or with WinSCP, depending on server connection. Does almost the same as many editors above (yeah, it doesn’t have any libraries and autocomplete stuff, I know, but for what is worth, it’s perfect for WordPress theme building)
Mohammed Alaa
Friday, April 30th, 2010 08:47
it is very sad not to see NetBeans on this list :S
Ryan
Saturday, June 25th, 2011 15:37
I’ve used a lot of editors/IDE’s. Mainly NetBeans, Eclipse and now I am just using Notepad++ and MS Visual Studio 2010 (last because of work) :D
If I had to choose between NetBeans and Eclipse (which are both very strong IDE’s) I would go for Eclipse. Mainly because of the UI and the extensibility. Aptana is an Eclipse derivative.
I am still very enthusiastic about the editor ‘E’. This is because of mulitline editing and vertical selections and such, but because it’s payware I use Notepad++ which comes really close to E. So much for my 2 cents.
Dwight Zahringer
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 14:09
Keep it real and old skool – NotePad!
Mic
Sunday, March 4th, 2012 18:42
Where’s Emacs?!
Ben
Friday, November 25th, 2011 18:12
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Lucas
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 17:52
I think you could add the Mac Rabbit’s Espresso and then we’d have a 20 itens list. It certainly worth it :)
aditia
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 06:53
Moving from bluefish, geany, jedit, aptana, komodo, eclipse, etc. And now i’m a netbeans user too, best choice for me so far
Bruno Fonzi
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 07:43
Powerflasher FDT is definitely the most powerful Flash development environment for Actionscript 2, 3 and MXML. FDT4 Beta is just available here:
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sanket
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 11:11
oh common…is tht carefull.. have the industry uses eclipse..myeclipse / netbeans..
dont think tats careful.. frm the list mentioned i have used editplus , notepad++ n i guess thts it.. really wonder how the tow made it to the list of editors that programmers use and not eclipse / netbeans..
i personnally like eclipse.. but honestly speaking..theres nothing like one editor is better thn other.. its just that wat suites you… and tht need not be best in the industry… but its best for u and u understand it and are confortable with handleing twisting tuning it …
G13 Media
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 00:27
Note++ is awesome! Good round up of apps here.
Alexander Stepanets
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 23:33
Quanta Plus for Linux is my best coding editor. :)
But I’m going to try Aptana Studio after reading this post… ;)
Simone
Monday, April 12th, 2010 11:44
My favourite editor on OsX is Espresso, I really like it.
Jared Detroit
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 05:43
I see others mentioned Komodo Edit. Maybe I haven’t used many editors but I’m really happy with Komodo. I am, however, going to be downloading netbeans and trying it out after all of the questions about why it’s not on the list. If I find something I like better than Komodo, it’s going to be a really good day!
Thorsten
Monday, April 12th, 2010 18:57
I’m using Notepad++ for about two years. :)
Jordan Walker
Monday, April 12th, 2010 15:14
Really surprised that you left out Eclipse or NetBeans.