Guest Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 What, in your opinion, is the best design environment for working on OSCommerce (or any PHP based site) and why? I'm currently just using text editors, as I have not made many code customizations as of yet. I'm not new to coding, but am brand spanking new to coding in PHP and Web development in general. Your feedback would be appreciated... Thanks and have a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
updmike Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 I wasn't fond of using dreamweaver before getting involved with more types of code besides basic HTML and was pretty happy with homesite.. I have recently switch to Dreamweaver MX and it has had major improvements and some pretty kewl features when working with php. I think you can get a trial from macromedia for 30 days.. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Must say Homesite for me. I find extra find and replace functions are very useful and it validate html too. Also, colours for highlighting particular tags and white spaces are also useful. :D AG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stream Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 For PHP development I use the text editor UltraEdit....been using it for many many years... :) Never been fond of any visual tools for html/php coding...tried out NuSphere, but the included editor didn't fit my needs....neither have any other editor I have tried :| Btw, I use Visual Studio .Net for C# coding at work though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 My Web Design & Development Environment: Windows XP Professional Microsoft IIS 5.1 server PHP v4.3.1 MySQL v3.23.54 DreamweaverMX Adobe Photoshop 7 Adobe ImageReady 7 The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Homesite - For Codeing HTML and PHP Photoshop and Illustrator - Graphics Dreamweaver MX - I don't use this too much .. but I will use this to do quick mockups. Deamweaver has gotten a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricker Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 I really like DEV-PHP. http://sourceforge.net/projects/devphp It's free and it marks up and highlights everything nicely. Very simple editor just for PHP. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueline Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 I couldn't live without the Macromedia Studio MX package. For all of my coding and programming requirements I use Dreamweaver MX. It has many features that are not available in other editors. Definitely on my list of recommended products for web designers. -Chris Chris Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Thanks a bunch for the input, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonh1234 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Waitaminute... All these people using homesite for editing but yet when I tried to use it I was unable to get the preview tab function working. or do you all just go without the preview function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 I use easyphp for my enviroment. For editors I use Maguma Studio for php, and DW MX for everything else. I usually do layouts in DW and then copy/paste into maguma once I'm happy with it. Works out nicely for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemonj Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Waitaminute... All these people using homesite for editing but yet when I tried to use it I was unable to get the preview tab function working. or do you all just go without the preview function? I forget the exact terminology, but you need to setup your hosting. Look in your configuration options and you will find what I am talking about. It basically passes your files through your web server. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemonj Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 For my development I use UltraEdit. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Hmmm.... I used to use Homesite for all my development purposes. However since I don't like Macromedia and their interface, I stopped using it when they purchased Allaire. After that I used Textpad because it was a totally customizable IDE and I could do anything even build in a server based preview for PHP files. However since then, I have given up Windows on my main workstation. So right now my work environment consists of a combination of Kate, Bluefish, Beyond Compare (via WINE) and a standard Apache/MySQL/PHP (AMP) localhost installation. Now if I could only get TopStyle Pro working under Wine, I would be very happy. However, I have a secondary workstation that has Windows XP on it so I can use Topstyle there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgchris99 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 I like DW mx but the biggest problem I see is the built in preview uses and old version of IE and doesn't display correctly when using CSS However, if you preview in a external viewer then you will see the correct display. This makes if very strange to create your CSS and can't see the text in the preview window because the built in previewer can't properly handle the css. Forces you to enter your text in the code window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Ultraedit - why go through all the bother... make the mod, refresh.. :shock: The Gimp Blender Irfanview Swish Color Scroll VB Color Picker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgchris99 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 What is blender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Blender is an open source 3D renderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Dream Weaver MX ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badjuju Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 My Dev Environment & Tools: Windows XP Redhat 7.2 Dreamweaver MX Textpad Fireworks MX Photoshop 7 FlashFXP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmtee Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 local and remote linux box rsync over SSL to keep webserver in sync with local test-environment... allows me instant testing (locally) of code without altering anything in the production environment until I decide it's stable to be upsynced to production system :) as I edit on multiple machines over lan (same codebase) the editors are different - depens on the phase of the moon ;) btw: for crippled remote webspace with nearly useless SSH access I suggest building rsync with FLAGS=static and adding remote-rsync parameter so ssh finds the remote rsync executeable :) http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1762 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemonj Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Wayne, I use TopStyle Pro myself and think that it is great. I have contacted Bradsoft several times asking if they had decided to make a non-Windows version but they seem adamant that they will not. As such, have you considered giving Amaya a tryout? "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupercal Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 I use textWangler flashMX and occasionally homesite, I think the preview tab can be enabled in preferneces try pressing F8 and looking at the options.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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