Best Code Editor

[magiccupcake]

I am looking for a good code editor. I use html, css, php, javascript, etc.

I have always used Dreamweaver in the past, but I don't really feel like paying for it and thought there might be something better out there.

I would really like a program that can organize the files into "sites" or groups or something and then easily upload through ftp. And of course allow you to edit the files. I also really like the color coding that many programs do.

What do you guys use?

Thanks.

[Success4acb]

I'm new to web design so I haven't used a lot of the editors that are available. I was taught to use Dreamweaver and loved it but like you I didn't want to spent that much. I checked some of the free editors and fell in love with CoffeeCup but it lacks a few things that you want.

In the end I went with Microsoft Expression Suite with Expression web as the editor. It's a lot less expensive and does everything that I need. You may want to check out Buy.com for pricing they seem to be really good.

[Declan1991]

I'm a bit old-fashioned, so I'm a fan of EMACS and Vim, though Notepad++ is also quite good. Really, anything with syntax highlighting is the most important.

[cbVision]

Notepad++ is my vote.

[wh666-666]

Notepad++ is my vote.

Ditto, only thing I used for code editing.

[NogDog]

I'm a Komodo Edit (http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads) user. It's a free download -- doesn't have quite all the full-blown features of their not-free Komodo IDE product. NetBeans is also free and pretty similar, and a good alternative: I'd use either of them over the Eclipse-base editors, which seem too sluggish to me. Notepad++ seems good, but I've not really learned all its features so cannot really compare it to Komodo, but as far as I can tell it does not have any sort of "project" feature such as Komodo or NetBeans have -- or can anyone point it out to me if it does?

[808geek]

Since you have experience w/ Dreamweaver, I suppose you are looking for a WYSIWYG editor.
Here are some free editors (not as powerful as Dreamweaver):
Amaya (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/)
Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/)
Alleycode (http://www.alleycode.com/features.htm)

Than again a friend showed me the Coffeecup 2011 editor.
I was surprised, it is HTML5 ready, has what you are looking for, "organize the files into "sites" or groups or something and then easily upload through ftp."
All for $49 lifetime.
I may try it myself.

All of my manual coding is w/ a new free editor called CodeLobster PHP edition (http://www.codelobster.com/).
You can custom your syntax color and has tooltips that show a thumbnail of your image and color when you mouse over the html or css script. I don't know of any editor that does this.
I switched from Notepad++.

[BetaDevelopment]

I would still use dreamweaver depending on what version your using, there kinda the same.

[iansane6]

I'm somewhere between the old timers and you. :-)

I can't see myself using EMACS or Vim to edit code although I've used Vim and nano from the console on Linux for editing config files.

I also don't like dream weaver too much.

notepadd++ on windows is what I use. It has ftp functionality although I haven't used it.

On linux I use gedit which is very close to notepadd++. Both have ways to set up snippets with custom shortcuts like a complete starter html template with the doctype and all the tags so rather than going and getting a copy of my template and renaming it to index or home, I just open a new file and type in htmlbasic and hit enter and it appears. Actually have one for each doctype and for my version of a default css starter template.

I've tried out eclipse for a more feature rich IDE instead of a glorified text editor but I keep going back to the glorified text editor because it does everything I need it to do without all the complexity.

I will say for eclipse that code completion and suggestions are a good thing about using a full fledged IDE. Some people like visual studio for a IDE and there are free express editions but I'm too much of a anti-M$ person for that.

For Mac if you have money pouring out of your ears, Coda is pretty awesome. Jeffery Way from Nettuts uses it a lot in his video tutorials and it makes me really wish I had a Mac just so I could use Coda.

[pallap]

Dreamweaver
is the best

[wh666-666]

Really?

Even as a WYSIWYG editor, I can think of better. Editing code in it is a horrible experience ....

[ClimaxMediaInc]

Notepad++ is my vote.

Two votes for Notepad ++

It's lightweight yet super powerful. Nothing fancy and still has more functionality than some of the other programs out there.

[rebelweb2007]

I like Netbeans especially if you are new to web design. It has function help for PHP and Javascript. That will help you learn different functions and how to use them. I like Notepad++ if you are on the go because it is portable and can be used on the go.

[chris0]

Netbeans is perfect, specially for big projects with php/html/sql/css/js

I use notepad++ also for small size projects.