Aptana Studio Web Development IDE
Written by Clement Faria on November 18, 2009 under Web Development.
live.pirillo.com – A community member who uses the name of Fatal email me today. He said he was looking for an alternative to Dreamweaver, and came across Aptana. This is a free, open-source application, and wanted me to try it out.
web77s
November 18, 2009 at 6:14 am
Text editor – UltraEdit – for the basic starter page layout. Same for the css, next. Same for scripts, and XSLT. Then I resort to an Access database to compile and link. First I generate XML for a hard-coded page. The XSLT and add-ons then create the final web page. FTP it goes. Each page’s XML is created for one of a set of specific XSLT. So the db duplicates original info into a specific page hierarchy, w compile flags, and then db forms allow further layout modification, for a specific page.
bng44270
November 18, 2009 at 6:16 am
BTW, I concur with NVu comment. Peanut butter smudge is better.
bng44270
November 18, 2009 at 6:29 am
Follow up to last comment:
There’s also a GUI designer (for those like me with no design ability whatsoever: Artisteer. It’s a hefty $15, but it is truely a web design tool for non-design people. You can export in HTML/CSS/JS and a variety of CMS template format. I exported my design in HTML and modified the source with Aptana changing it into a nice AJAX/PHP website.
That’s at my job. I hope to buy Artisteer for myself soon, but Aptana is GREAT!!!!! Two Thumbs Up!!!!!!!!!
bng44270
November 18, 2009 at 6:31 am
Here’s a follow up on Aptana. I’m not sure what it was like back in 2007, but its pretty good now (at least on Windows). Mac is pretty slow, such that I’ve not used it on my Mac. Linux I couldn’t get installed and running. Some additions, it has PHP, AJAX, Python, and Ruby support.
rootadminlion21
November 18, 2009 at 6:49 am
it works good for me on vista sp2 64 bit .,
rootadminlion21
November 18, 2009 at 7:38 am
aptana is the only one complte solution for webdev ,since you cant code php in dreamweaver,javascript in nusphere , css in zend studio but all this can be done in aptana ,it got more plugin then any other IDE in the world (coz based on Eclipse).
kevbodian
November 18, 2009 at 8:15 am
aptana doesn’t seem to work properly in windows 64 bit OSs
laxbillion89
November 18, 2009 at 9:09 am
java is not exactly slow as you say… java is fast.. you would experience slowness only at startup. After tat.. you will get normal performance as any other native app..
but i hated you all through this video for speaking bad about java ! i am sorry i hate you !
enzogianvittorio
November 18, 2009 at 9:51 am
what about Kompozer ?
xiz90
November 18, 2009 at 10:05 am
Dreamweaver CS4 in split mode with Live view in combination with Notepad++ = Pwnage.
jdnavarro
November 18, 2009 at 10:17 am
This Dudes hilarious. I watched this whole video while I’m updating aptana.
Yes, It’s hella slow starting.
BTW, I use aptana for the library and sample templates, then do the rest in notepad or dreamweaver. It’s just easier just to right-click and open with notepad.
grigioan
November 18, 2009 at 11:06 am
ConText
ConnorAlves
November 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Eclipse IDE, or Dreamweaver
liquidplastic62
November 18, 2009 at 12:24 pm
You looked like you were gonna throw up when you mentioned N-view! Is it really that bad?
Had dreamweaver 8 and tried a div layout and woah! Disgusting code fest. Gotta try CS3. Anyway, i like Crimson Editor…and loads of coffee
ismetteren
November 18, 2009 at 12:26 pm
text editor whit highlighter FTW
creativeatheart
November 18, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I just use Dreamweaver, Flash & Fireworks. Great!
shamrockmuscle
November 18, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I use several programs. Frontpage and Mainly dreamweaver.
cuiqueiro
November 18, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I use EditPad Lite for html and PHP coding. I would hardly do without PixelRuler and ColorCop for the design.
haktstudios
November 18, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I use vim, but i’ve been using vim for years… i’m pretty stuck on it. On windows, i like to use crimson edit
MrSlimFit
November 18, 2009 at 3:05 pm
When coding xhtml, css, php, js, ajax on windows i used homesite 5.5 with all features turned off (mainly just used it for tabbed editors & color syntax) but i have since switched over to linux as primary OS and im now using zend studios. Its a very slow program (java), but im really liking the built in php features.
p0ndu5
November 18, 2009 at 3:36 pm
You must be new to programming. Aptana is built on Eclipse. Eclipse uses native widget sets and AWT, so when you say Aptana is slow because it’s built in Java, we’ll that’s just not quite right.
lushFLIPREALLYSORRY
November 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
At work I use zend.
nelson1tom
November 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm
i use myspace lol
IceArdor
November 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I use Notepad++. Great application, and free, from SourceForge.
inetbl
November 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I use flashDevelop. As you can tell from the name it’s a actionscript/flex IDE mostly. But you can also write html, css, and php with code highlighting and auto complete.