Posted: 1/11/2010 6:16:22 PM EDT
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What are you useing to write your code? Notepad, Notepad 2, VB? Im just wondering new to html and im trying to find a good tool to use.
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Visual Studio (source view, not designer) You can use Notepad, but it's a lot easier with something that does syntax highlighting and auto-completion. BTW, get Firebug. It's immensely useful for helping with HTML and CSS. |
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I have an older copy of Adobe GoLive.
Using Notepad is rather like trying to cut firewood with a pocketknife. You can do it, but it's very slow and way more work than is really necessary, and nobody who sees the end product will ever give a sh!t. ––––––- Anyway––a GOOD website management program will not screw stuff up on its own, and will check whatever you do to make sure it will probably work as well. Oh, and by the by––most programmers don't type in machine code anymore, either. ;) ~ |
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Coda
I was a ssh+bash guy for years but Coda made me switch. I still use vim quite a bit too. |
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Hm. I visited the website and I was curious how I had missed the fact that this ever existed. Then I noticed it was for mac  Very cool looking piece of software. |
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Coda I was a ssh+bash guy for years but Coda made me switch. I still use vim quite a bit too. Hm. I visited the website and I was curious how I had missed the fact that this ever existed. Then I noticed it was for mac
Very cool looking piece of software. I love it, it works great. It's also a subversion client, all integrated into the editor. Mac OS comes with subversion installed but not many people know it. |
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For windows, coffeecup
For linux, Bluefish Search/Replace functions are extremely important for me. The layouts are very simple, and those two programs automatically color parse php/perl/html so it's easier on the eyes. Emacs/vi guys are either just doing quick edits, or purposely making it harder on themselves to grow their epeen+++. |
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Are things like Drupal and Joomla headaches in a can or are they actually useful? If they solve the problem you need to solve, they're amazing. If you actually need something very custom then modifying them can be a complete pain since they've both grown into something too big for a new comer to PHP to grok.z |
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Are things like Drupal and Joomla headaches in a can or are they actually useful? They are very useful. They take care of security (if you're going to allow visitors to post stuff like comments), they take care of the database interaction, and they're both very extendable with modules. Drupal is powerful enough to drive anything. Joomla isn't bad, but can get bloated real quick. For a basic webpage or blog, Wordpress is good too. |
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Quoted: For windows, coffeecup For linux, Bluefish Search/Replace functions are extremely important for me. The layouts are very simple, and those two programs automatically color parse php/perl/html so it's easier on the eyes. Emacs/vi guys are either just doing quick edits, or purposely making it harder on themselves to grow their epeen+++. Or we prefer the commandline, and don't mind learning a complex program if it is going to increase our productivity. Vim is the only way to go - Emacs is acceptable, but I can't stand all the chording (two or more buttons at the same time).
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Are things like Drupal and Joomla headaches in a can or are they actually useful? They are very useful. They take care of security (if you're going to allow visitors to post stuff like comments), they take care of the database interaction, and they're both very extendable with modules. Drupal is powerful enough to drive anything. Joomla isn't bad, but can get bloated real quick. For a basic webpage or blog, Wordpress is good too. Check out one of the guys who works on the security team for Drupal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mwKq7_JlS8 ...In the Drupal world, he maintains many modules, is on the security team, and is involved in the upcoming Summer of Code as a mentor and administrator...
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