BBEdit!! The best GUI editor on MacOS X. I was looking at TextMate, very promising but didn't like the side 'drawer' wich can't display different files from various places together. BBEdit can. TextMate kan show you a folder of files or project.
I do like TextMate's (like Dreamweavers) 'source-code-autocompletion'. Think BBEdit has something like that to ... still looking for that.
david - 16 years ago
vi -- standard BSD/unix/linux/posix vi. simple is good. fingers are always on the keyboard typing code. after a while, the mouse becomes an annoyance because you have to take your fingers away from the keyboard. good programmers don't rely on completion and tools providing 'hints' when they don't know how to use library functions.
Emacs is the THE Editor!!!
Everything else is an attempt to get one!
Terence - 16 years ago
Vim the best editor for me. It runs not just on Windows, but also on Mac and Linux. How many of the above mentioned can run on most of the platforms (except Emacs)???
Another vote here for Visual Studio 2008. It's really improved since 2005 and it's gotta be the most efficient way to code .NET apps. IntelliSense lets me focus on coding and not having to remember the exact name of every function in .NET or my other classes. I do have UltraEdit 14 and I use it for a few tasks here and there, but in general I've been unhappy with it. It's gotten slow and buggy in its old age, and even for a geek it's got too many functions and options to keep track of. It tries too hard to be all things to all people.
I've tried many editors and IDEs over the last 25yrs.
I always use gvim now if I it is available, it is the fastest.
I use Eclipse (someone didn't read the review before commenting above) when on a PC and Visual Studio for VB.
Anon - 16 years ago
Someone should have looked at Code::Blocks. It's a fantastic IDE and it is still moving... nightly builds give updates and bug fixes every night!
If you want to program in C, C++,D,Fortran,....... etc then Code::Blocks is a great way to get started. (Even has MUCHO settings for advanced users and advanced compilers)
You forgot Visual Studio. It has an excellent text editor with code completion, syntax highlighting, 'intellisense' and (incredibly useful) a 'go to the definition of this symbol' function (program this as a hotkey, why don't you). Macros are written in Visual Basic, but I guess you can't have everything. It is also a very capable HTML editor with tag, attribute and style completion. You can get a PHP add-on (called VS PHP) for $100 which is not cheap but it is very good. This includes a PHP debugger (essential!).
For me it's Visual Studio 2008. It rocks! (Express editions are free btw...)
Rajesh Sundaram - 16 years ago
I use Programmers Notepad 2. Its lightweight and has all the major features one would expect in a code editor.
LT - 16 years ago
The best for me is Editplus.
rootnode - 16 years ago
Judging by the fact that after 2000 votes 'Other' is in the lead by 2% ahead of second placed 'Notepad++' maybe the voting list should have had other editors. I would have voted for 'Homesite' personally.
Other -> Netbeans
My favorite source code editor is EditPlus.
Vim. Might take some time to get into but does everything you might ever want. Including blogging and twittering, if you wish to.
Vim vim vim vim vim!
I've been using various versions of code-genie for years.
Notepad is great, although I now prefer NaviCoder Editor. It’s quicker!!
One vote for KEDIT/Win
Komodo Edit is using Mozilla XULRunner Engine and you even can develop your XPI entensions for it.
Check out these sites out:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/komodo_ide/feature_showcase.mhtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XULRunner
i have tried several editors, now using np++ only
BBEdit!! The best GUI editor on MacOS X. I was looking at TextMate, very promising but didn't like the side 'drawer' wich can't display different files from various places together. BBEdit can. TextMate kan show you a folder of files or project.
I do like TextMate's (like Dreamweavers) 'source-code-autocompletion'. Think BBEdit has something like that to ... still looking for that.
vi -- standard BSD/unix/linux/posix vi. simple is good. fingers are always on the keyboard typing code. after a while, the mouse becomes an annoyance because you have to take your fingers away from the keyboard. good programmers don't rely on completion and tools providing 'hints' when they don't know how to use library functions.
Other -> Eclipse
Emacs is the THE Editor!!!
Everything else is an attempt to get one!
Vim the best editor for me. It runs not just on Windows, but also on Mac and Linux. How many of the above mentioned can run on most of the platforms (except Emacs)???
It's all about TopStyle!
It used to be HTML-Kit, but now I use WeBuilder 2007.
Another vote here for Visual Studio 2008. It's really improved since 2005 and it's gotta be the most efficient way to code .NET apps. IntelliSense lets me focus on coding and not having to remember the exact name of every function in .NET or my other classes. I do have UltraEdit 14 and I use it for a few tasks here and there, but in general I've been unhappy with it. It's gotten slow and buggy in its old age, and even for a geek it's got too many functions and options to keep track of. It tries too hard to be all things to all people.
I've tried many editors and IDEs over the last 25yrs.
I always use gvim now if I it is available, it is the fastest.
I use Eclipse (someone didn't read the review before commenting above) when on a PC and Visual Studio for VB.
I've tried many editors and IDEs over the last 25yrs.
I always use gvim now if I it is available, it is the fastest.
I use Eclipse (someone didn't read the review before commenting above) when on a PC and Visual Studio for VB.
Someone should have looked at Code::Blocks. It's a fantastic IDE and it is still moving... nightly builds give updates and bug fixes every night!
If you want to program in C, C++,D,Fortran,....... etc then Code::Blocks is a great way to get started. (Even has MUCHO settings for advanced users and advanced compilers)
You forgot Visual Studio. It has an excellent text editor with code completion, syntax highlighting, 'intellisense' and (incredibly useful) a 'go to the definition of this symbol' function (program this as a hotkey, why don't you). Macros are written in Visual Basic, but I guess you can't have everything. It is also a very capable HTML editor with tag, attribute and style completion. You can get a PHP add-on (called VS PHP) for $100 which is not cheap but it is very good. This includes a PHP debugger (essential!).
For me it's Visual Studio 2008. It rocks! (Express editions are free btw...)
I use Programmers Notepad 2. Its lightweight and has all the major features one would expect in a code editor.
The best for me is Editplus.
Judging by the fact that after 2000 votes 'Other' is in the lead by 2% ahead of second placed 'Notepad++' maybe the voting list should have had other editors. I would have voted for 'Homesite' personally.
I tried loads of Editors and i found TextMate the best. I looks neat, is easy to extend and has an incredible amount of easy to adopt short-cuts!
Everytime i tried another editor i missed some certain feature within the first 10minutes that textmate provides!
VIM is the best editor, of course. No way :D
editplus is wonderful!
How could you leave out Eclipse?
No Visual Studio ?
Notepad2 (via http://flos-freeware.ch).
Textmate is where its at!