Hi David,
Dreamweaver MX (the demo thereof) was the starting point. I'm trying to avoid buying it as it only covers about 50% of my requirement. It has no knowledge of jsp tags (it knows that a jsp tag is a jsp tag, but really that's about it), no knowledge of java (can't do code completion, or basic syntax checking) beyond the jsp implicit objects, no knowledge of custom tags etc. Perhaps HomeSite will cover the remainder? But the demo doesn't come with that, only the full version. It's better than EditPlus and other similar editors certainly, but not value-for-money better. (I couldn't care less about asp, coldfusion, all those zillions of miscellaneous file types). Also for that money I'd expect it could handle javascript the way any IDE would handle java, but it doesn't. It is also very heavyweight because of all the unwanted extras. The best JSP editor I've seen so far is still the one in Websphere Studio, but then that's got even worse fiscal issues. I just don't understand why Macromedia can't look at just about any modern Java IDE and do the same sort of things in Dreamweaver. As it is when you are editing a JSP you still have to flip back into Eclipse just to find out what the properties of the bean are, or what methods are available on it, so ultimately it's no better to me than Editplus, Emacs, vi, JEdit, etc. I just thought that maybe I should look at Websphere Studio Site Developer instead of Websphere Studio AD?! That might have the jsp stuff of WSAD in it without the expense of it. hmm. regs scot. -----Original Message----- From: David Nickel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 9 August 2002 14:57 To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] Re: jsp/html editor Will Dreamweaver MX do what you want? It has JRun studio, HomeSite, etc. included. I apologize if my answer to your request is off-base, but I have not followed this entire thread. To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
