if you are new to webdevelopment , please use notepad and study the concept , after that you can use dreamweaver , But again you have to choose good IDE , depending on the language for dynamic website

 

 

Thanks for your opinion,I wont deny that I am also new to this. I am using Notepad.

I used Dreamweaver CS3,upgraded to CS5 but now I am using Aptana and I am loving it,but for html/css coding Dreamwever is one of the best tools. Also you can consider using Notepad++ with some nice plugins. If you are doing hard coding in PHP Aptana would be a great choice,also PHP Designer and Net Beans are great for web development.

Many of IDEs are available here for website development. If you are a java programmer I mean if you want to develop a website in java then you may use Netbeans. This includes all the functionality and features of CSS, HTML, JavaScript and many more needed.

I use this - http://www.nusphere.com/

I use Dreamweaver and it works good for me.

Edited February 28, 201115 yr by Jenna Sherly

Dreamweaver here, works fine for me. As someone above said, in design view it gets confused and throws a wobbly if the design is more complex, but just ignore it.

TextMate & Netbeans

I currently use PSPAD ( www.pspad.com )

 

 

Dreamweaver the most powerful solution!

Edited June 3, 201115 yr by Garet35

Yes, Dreamweaver is great a tool but not the easiest thing for the beginners!

Have to say I use a selection on assorted tasks, Notepad++ is advantageous to lean initially as many have said however Dreamweaver CS5 adn Apanta (HTML/CSS), Netbeans/eclipse (Java Software Engineer) for PHP (not so much anymore) and visual studio is at a push as with the all singing/dancing Ultimate 2010 version its a bit cumbersome for web development.

 

PHP wise I use PHPeD by Nusphere... would hands down recommend due to the debugging and live variable monitoring/step by step iteration that I would expect of C, Java or C++.. etc among other features.

Edited July 19, 201115 yr by CSN-UK

Aptana is my favorite on Windows. For you I would use Notepad++

 

Honestly don't mess with Visual Studio unless you are going to be using .Net. From the sound of it, you are just starting out, and don't need anything that bloated.

i think the best php ide in windows/linux is netbeans

MoreMotionis quite good as well.

Currently using Dreamweaver CS5, Fireworks, Gimp, but always looking for new ideas..

for simple text editors, have you tried using PSPad? I find it way better than Notepad++ for some reason..

Netbeans. Quite popular around here I think.

Here's what I use...

 

Coding: Netbeans 7.0 - The editor i used to love was Aptana, but I ragequit the program because it didn't have a simple file syncing solution and I didn't enjoy creating projects on my actual server. Netbeans has this and it's absolutely perfect in my eyes for the type of work I do (mostly PHP & javascript)

 

Design: Inkscape & Gimp - I know how to get the most out of free software

 

Web: Firefox, Chromium, Opera

All my text editing is done with notepad++. At work they set me up with dreamweaver. If you set up the ftp through dw, it is easier then always switching to filezilla to upload the files, but I just can't stand dreamweavers editor.

 

At home I do all of my stuff locally so notepad++ is super fast for me, and I use WAMP.

 

For database work, my favorite is toad, though I don't have too much experience with anything else.

 

Photoshop as well

I tend to use a varied range of software, depending on whether or not I am using my laptop or my Desktop PC.

 

Here is an idea:

 

Coding: Adobe DreamWeaver CS5 and Microsoft Web 2.0

Design: Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Illustrator CS5

 

Best Regards,

Michael Swan

Used to use on windows:

notepad++

sqlyog

 

Have used dreamweaver, was good at one point, but I wanted to get away from auto completion.

 

Now OSX exclusive:

 

textmate

sequel pro

 

Used to use coda, but it used to crash a lot on me.

Those that I use the most are probally below and pretty much in order, WAMP is almost always running for demo purposes and testing however.

 

NuSphere's phpED

Dreamweaver CS5, Fireworks CS5 and Photoshop CS5

Netbeans

 

WAMP

CODING:

Dreamweaver CS5: Although I seldom use any of its features I just code with it. Kinda got used to it, and as said previously you tend to stick with what you are comfortable with.

 

GRAPHICS:

Fireworks CS5: I have always used variants of this. Simple to use and creates images for the web rather than for a myriad of other uses.

 

WEB:

Filezilla

phpMyAdmin

Firefox, IE, Safari, Chrome, Opera, Opera Mobile.

AdobeBrowserLab

 

WAMP running 24/7 on local server.

 

Good to see a range of alternatives listed here, might give some a trial.

 

Colin

CODING:

 

Coda for OSX

 

GRAPHICS:

 

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Fireworks CS3

 

TASK MANAGEMENT:

 

Wunderlist

 

+1 for Netbeans.

I use Notepad ++ or Netbeans, depends where and what it is I'm working on.

I first started out with Notepad++ then moved on to Dreamweaver but for the price it's not that great for someone who doesn't use the WYSIWYG editor function (which i don't).

 

I have just downloaded Aptana and will give it a try.

 

If I'm coding on Linux i use Bluefish.

Filezilla

 

 

Uhh, I hope all you Filezilla users are using sFTP, and I'm surprised there has so far been little/no mention of TortoiseSVN/Git/SVN.

 

If you develop, you simply must be using version control. No excuses, I'm not even a back end developer and I use it.

Edited February 21, 201214 yr by brightonmike

Uhh, I hope all you Filezilla users are using sFTP, and I'm surprised there has so far been little/no mention of TortoiseSVN/Git/SVN.

 

If you develop, you simply must be using version control. No excuses, I'm not even a back end developer and I use it.

 

QFTW. If anyone doesn't know how to set it up, see my guide to setting up SVN on Windows.

Edited February 21, 201214 yr by Renaissance-Design

I use GitHub and I agree that any SVN is necessary for any kind of development role.

I first started out with Notepad++ then moved on to Dreamweaver

 

This.

 

I use Dreamweaver (Code view only) as I love the auto judge feature when coding, makes life so much easier. I'm lazy I know.

Coding: Espresso/Sublime Text 2

Graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, Icons Express

Preprocessing: Codekit

Version control: Git for version, Beanstalk for deployment. Tower to handle both in a GUI

FTP: Transmit 4 (or the built in sync from espresso)

SQL: Sequel

Local: MAMP Pro

Testing: Mac native Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome and Browserstack

iOS Simulator,

A handful of varied mobile devices.

 

I've just retired my Virtual machines of (Xp w/ ie6), (Xp w/ie7), (Win7 w/ ie8), (Win7 w/ie9, chrome, opera, firefox), (Debian 5 w/ chromium, firefox, opera) since it was a nightmare when it came around to IE testing/previewing then Browserstack came along and everything was right with the world.

 

 

edit: Awful grammar.

Edited February 21, 201214 yr by robfrancis

I use Geany for Linux.

I first started out with Notepad++ then moved on to Dreamweaver but for the price it's not that great for someone who doesn't use the WYSIWYG editor function (which i don't).

 

I have just downloaded Aptana and will give it a try.

 

If I'm coding on Linux i use Bluefish.

 

Old thread

 

I've recently fallen in love with PHPDesigner 8.

 

It's a decent price too, €29 for a personal licence (2 computers) and €69 for a commercial license (3 computers).

 

Feature wise it's not quite up their with the top dollar IDE's, but it's pretty solid, and got pretty much everything I need.

 

Watch the video, see what you think

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcnV9tOC24M&fmt=18

Edited March 15, 201214 yr by bocaj

When developing I use a combination of Github (for source tracking), vim & netbeans.

I've used Aptana Studio and I liked it alot. It is a platform that supports many developing languages and best of all its free. I would highly recommend this software for any developer. Its good for business and personal!

Coda is my primary tool for web development, coupled with MAMP Pro for working locally.

I use TextPad for HTML editing and HaXe development. HaXe is a generaly programming language that compiles into Javascript for or Flash or several other languages as well.

I generally use Firefox for life and for development but for debugging Javascript I go into Chrome for its built in profiler and tracing.

When I want to test worst-case-scenarios I open IE.

 

I've moved off of Flash and now use HaXe or structured canvas language for web site canvas animations in html5

 

I upload with Filezilla.

I use SVN for source control running off a RAID 1 NAS drive.

For graphics I use Inkscape and Gimp.

For sound editing I use rezound and the mmcoder suite (very primitive I suppose, but I'm not an expert on sound)

they developers don't use any special software. they also use such kind of software like photoshop, dreamweaver and so on.

use, dreamweaver, photoshop

they developers don't use any special software. they also use such kind of software like photoshop, dreamweaver and so on.

 

so which is it? they don't or do?