HTML-Kit does it for me... great customisability... > -----Original Message----- > From: Bret L Conard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 10 July 2002 5:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Development Tools > > > snip/ > but often find myself using an editor on the code > created by these. > So to answer the question above ... nothing beats a good editor. > Jay > /snip > > Hence the happy medium of Homesite..... acts as a basic text > editor but > allows some support for coding when needed/wanted..... IMHP > > > Bret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Uwe Birkenhain'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:21 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] Development Tools > > > > [snip] > > What makes development tools better than a good editor? > (serious question) > > [/snip] > > > > Over the course of time (I have been writing code for 25 years, many > > languages, some compiled, some not) I have found that the > most useful tool > > in the arsenal is a good editor with no more features than > line numbering. > > When I find myself in times of code trouble (props to John > Lennon) I will > > almost always turn to an editor first. I have used many, > and for my money > > where web application development is concerned, Programmers > File Editor > (no > > longer supported) http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ > for Windows, > and > > vi or pico on *nix are the editors of choice. I do use > PHPedit from time > to > > time because, while it is buggy, it does do syntax highlighting and > matches > > brackets and other curly thingies well, which is especially > helpful when > > viewing large scripts with lots of code. > > > > I have and continue to use some IDE's for certain projects > (Visual C++, > > UltraDev for ASP code) but often find myself using an > editor on the code > > created by these. > > > > So to answer the question above ... nothing beats a good editor. > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
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