badaboom55 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hello All, I'm a designer who taught myself HTML/PHP/MySQL and some basic web developing. I'm slightly anal and always hated the way the WYSIWYG editors like Dreamweaver layed out the code. So, for years I've just used Notepad and "hand" coded everything. However, the other day I was on a friend's Mac browsing the internet with either Safari or FireFox, and when I went to "View Source", instead of the bland .txt file I'm used to seeing in IE... I got a nice little color-coded display of the code. I do a lot of Flash/ActionScript work, and Flash does the same thing with the ActionScript... color-coding keywords, comments, strings, etc. which is infinitely helpful in proofing/troubleshooting. So, it occured to me that there HAS to be some "code-editing" (not sure of the proper term) software out there that I could use to edit my ".html" files instead of Notepad. So, I wanted to get any suggestions on which software package(s) I should be seeking out? 1) The FREE-er the better 2) I work mostly with HTML/PHP/MySQL with a sprinkling of JavaScript; so it would be nice if the software was able to recognize a variety of programming languages in the same ".html" or ".php" file and color the code accordingly? 3) It would also be nice to do some simple testing of the ".php" file locally, like checking the code syntax to make sure I didn't forget a semi-colon or something. Thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
krv Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 phpDesigner www.mpsoftware.dk its pro and cheap Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/#findComment-786875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hi I normally use Notepad++. Free and does syntax highlighting. All the best Keith Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/#findComment-786877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngreenwood6 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 dreamweaver/wamp Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/#findComment-786878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarp Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 editplus http://www.editplus.com , not free just a little nag screen at the start that goes away. Also allows editing directly on an ftp server rather then saving locally and manually uploading and overwriting... etc Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/#findComment-786880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Which PHP-Editor do you think is the best? A topic devoted to this. Read up and figure out which one you want to try. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149845-solved-time-to-replace-notepad-what-is-the-best-code-viewing-software/#findComment-786886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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