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joltgen

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Registered: 2008-08-05

Posts: 14

Webdevelopment tools

Hi, I'm sure there are some webdevelopers here and I'm curious which applications you use for editing (x)html, css, php, and also using ftp. I've been looking for something like pspad but for linux ofc but I haven't found any tools i feel confortable with. So I'd love some tips!

Thanks!

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Nax

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 7

Re: Webdevelopment tools

For text-editing (xhtml, css, php, ruby, python, ...) I'm generally using Vim with a few plugins (snip-fu/snippetsEmu, tselectfile, NERD tree, taglist, ...). If you don't want to learn Vim, since it has actually a steep learning curve, you should give Bluefish a try. It's an editor, which is designed for working with html.
For image manipulation I'm using Gimp and sometimes Inkscape, since there are no real native alternatives on Linux.
For ftp stuff I'm using ncftp, which is a command line tool, which can recursively upload/download directories and store bookmarks. If you want something with a nice GUI, you should check out gftp, which is a GTK-based ftp-client.

joltgen

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Registered: 2008-08-05

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

Ok, thanks I'll give bluefish a try!

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

--tools--
editing: vim
copy/sync: ssh/scp/sftp and rsync
scm: git at home, and at work git-svn
misc tools: firefox with firebug, webdevtoolbar, and livehttpheaders plugins

i generally dont do graphicsy stuff

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thayer

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Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

--tools--
editing: vim
copy/sync: ssh/scp/sftp and rsync
misc tools: firefox with firebug, webdevtoolbar

Ditto for these...though we mustn't forget GNU Screen either!

Regarding graphics, I'd love to say I use only Gimp and Inkscape, but unfortunately I'm still stuck with Photoshop 7 and/or Macromedia Fireworks (both under crossover linux) for many of my clients.

I use Bluefish on occasion too, when I feel too lazy to type tags...yes, yes I should really invest some time researching tag-completion for vim.

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Barrucadu

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From: York, England

Registered: 2008-03-30

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

I use Emacs for developing, GIMP for designing, and FileZilla for uploading

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DaveCode

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Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 103

Re: Webdevelopment tools

Geany is good for web work.

archlinuxsagi

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Registered: 2008-09-12

Posts: 259

Re: Webdevelopment tools

Geany is good for web work.

Yes. geany.. I love the compile and execute commands..

palobo

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From: Leiria, Portugal

Registered: 2009-03-21

Posts: 68

Re: Webdevelopment tools

For a simple editor I just love Gedit with vatious plugins.
If you prefer a full blown IDE check out either Aptana or Netbeans, now with support for PHP and Python
Then there is Gimp/Inkscape for anything graphic.
Firefox with Firebug, Web Developer, for general development and Webkit/Opera/IE for testing.
Filezilla handles my uploads/downloads.
SCM: Bazaar (Must loko into GIT or Mercurial one of theese days :-) )

Depending on your DE/WM this might also be of interest.

Cheers,
P.

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Dieter@be

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Registered: 2006-11-05

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

i like vim but I haven't found a good php syntax hilighting thing for it. (I found one but it makes my vim quite unresponsive).
Ideally some IDE-alike features like not only syntax hilighting but also showing of errors would be cool.

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estex198

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Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 39

Re: Webdevelopment tools

check out http://www.evrsoft.com and look at 1stPage2000. As for linux kate works pretty well for me.

kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

(g)vim for everything.

Git for version control. ;p

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XFire

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From: UK

Registered: 2008-05-11

Posts: 192

Re: Webdevelopment tools

Geany for coding
PS CS3 for the images - I can't use gimp, it irks me a lot.

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dannytatom

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2009-02-02

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Re: Webdevelopment tools

vim & git do all right for me.

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Varreon

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Registered: 2008-07-03

Posts: 95

Re: Webdevelopment tools

I used to use scite for all my editing. Then I tried vim, and realized how nice it is to avoid the mouse while coding. I'll probably switch to vim after I feel more comfortable with it.

N30N

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Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 273

Re: Webdevelopment tools

I'm not sure why this old thread got bumped? Since I've already typed the reply before noticing…

I'm curious which applications you use for editing (x)html, css, php

I do all my editing in VIM.

Some useful tools what can be configured into most editors are:
    onsgmls - (found in the opensp package) for (X)HTML validation,
    css-validator - (available in AUR),
    jsl - a JavaScript lint tool,
    pyflakes - a python lint tool (I much prefer Django over PHP).

also using ftp.

I mostly transfer stuff over SSH but when FTP is the only option I use lftp.