Jan 13

Web Dev Tools & Software?

posted in Web Dev on 01/13/08 at 09:01 PM

Last week and this week has been rough. My Windows PC got a major trojan/virus, which I haven’t had in years. It was stupidity induced trying to help out a family member, but that’s how it goes. I’ve been needing a format for years though and when antivirus and spyware tools couldn’t identify or clean the infection it was time to format. I also happen to have just bought a Macbook Pro, which I love. So it’s time to ask:

What do you use for web development on your Mac and/or PC?

On my PC, I use Photoshop, FileZilla and Putty. I usually use UltraEdit and Homesite, but the versions I had were from a previous job (I bought the pc when I left) so now I have to re-buy them myself. I’m 99% sure I’m going to buy UltraEdit for the search and replace alone. It’s fairly cheap and has a ton of great features. Homesite is a little pricey, but I haven’t found anything that feels as good. I’m toying with Alleycode, which is free. If I have to pay for it I’m going to buy Homesite. But if you guys have a great tool that’s free, I’d love to hear about it.

On my Mac I’m using Transmit, Coda, Terminal and Textmate. I’m not as proficient with the Mac a I am with the PC yet so I’m not sure I could just abandon the PC all together, but it’s very tempting at this point. The Macbook Pro is about as solid as you could hope for. You can pry it from my cold dead hands!

So, what are you using? I’d love to try out some new stuff. I have 30 day bets for Homesite and UltraEdit so I have some time before I have to buy. I’d rather spend money on advertising or PPC rather than buying more software.

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4 Responses to “Web Dev Tools & Software?”

1 ses5909 Says:

I use ultraedit and putty as well. If you like UE just for the search and replace, I would consider Textpad. It can ‘t replace in files like UE, but does search files. I never use the replace in files though anyway as I like to verify that I’m not screwing up each file.

2 Chrispian Says:

I’m pretty much sold on UE I think. It’s just rock solid. I love that it recovers files when my machine locks up and I have to reboot, it’s saved me many a time. And I’m still leaning towards Homsite as my main HTML/PHP editor. I just can’t find anything I like as well or the PC. I’ve been using it since like version 1 and I’m not sure I want to give it up ;)

However, if Panic starts making Coda for the PC… I may have to drop it. I totally love Coda on my Macbook. I’ve got to register it shortly. I get $10 off for already owning Transmit, which is cool.

3 vinnie Says:

I use textmate on the Mac and e text editor (textmate clone) on Windows. I played with Coda for a while but couldn’t get into it; I’m too used to textmate nowadays.

4 chrispian Says:

Hey Vinnie, been a while. Yeah, I like textmate a lot. I like coda, but textmate does so much. I’m just not really learning it, thinking about getting the textmate book. It’s such a powerful tool.

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