Truly platform-independent Web Development Environment that really rocks
Monday, 31. July 2006, 00:49:56
Yes my friends. Dreamweaver is over now. At least for me.
Have you heard of Aptana, the Web IDE? It is based on the Eclipse platform, which I have been already using for Web development since I dumped Windows for good a few months ago.
And I really have to say that I've been missing Dreamweaver during all this time, honestly. I even have to confess that I cheated for a few days and I used it while on a friend's machine, and I felt delighted. Why is it that Macromedia then (and Adobe now) don't do it for Linux? People would really pay for it.
But Aptana is platform-agnostic and it's free (as in speech and as in beer), just like Eclipse. It is available as a standalone download (with or without the bundled JRE in some cases) and it is also available as a plugin for an existing Eclipse installation. It features code completion in all of the Web trio: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It is Ajax-oriented and is also aware of several popular JavaScript toolkits and libraries, such as MochiKit, Dojo, AFLAX and my personal choice, Yahoo! UI.
Code-completion pop-up list-boxes show the available tags/attributes/functions/css (depending on the context) along with browser-compatibility icons on the right, so that you can readily see if you are about to use an IE-only or a Gecko-only feature. If you are a Web-standards kind of guy like me, then you'll love it. Here's a screenshot for those who didn't understand this bleeding-edge feature.
And a small note before finishing. Eclipse has another web development toolkit available for everyone: The Web Tools Platform, which is an alternative and a choice. I discovered both recently and I personally prefer Aptana, but having a choice is nice. Feel free to try both, no matter if you're Windows, Linux or Mac. The Open-Source Web Development Environment is here.
Home page
...and common download options.
Blog
Stay up-to-date about Aptana.
Downloads
Detailed download page with additional options.
Screenshots
A good place to have a quick glance ot the main features.
Screencasts
Here you can get a more detailed view at it before downloading. Watch videos to see what it's like to use it.
And that's all. Enjoy it!
Have you heard of Aptana, the Web IDE? It is based on the Eclipse platform, which I have been already using for Web development since I dumped Windows for good a few months ago.
And I really have to say that I've been missing Dreamweaver during all this time, honestly. I even have to confess that I cheated for a few days and I used it while on a friend's machine, and I felt delighted. Why is it that Macromedia then (and Adobe now) don't do it for Linux? People would really pay for it.
But Aptana is platform-agnostic and it's free (as in speech and as in beer), just like Eclipse. It is available as a standalone download (with or without the bundled JRE in some cases) and it is also available as a plugin for an existing Eclipse installation. It features code completion in all of the Web trio: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It is Ajax-oriented and is also aware of several popular JavaScript toolkits and libraries, such as MochiKit, Dojo, AFLAX and my personal choice, Yahoo! UI.
Code-completion pop-up list-boxes show the available tags/attributes/functions/css (depending on the context) along with browser-compatibility icons on the right, so that you can readily see if you are about to use an IE-only or a Gecko-only feature. If you are a Web-standards kind of guy like me, then you'll love it. Here's a screenshot for those who didn't understand this bleeding-edge feature.
And a small note before finishing. Eclipse has another web development toolkit available for everyone: The Web Tools Platform, which is an alternative and a choice. I discovered both recently and I personally prefer Aptana, but having a choice is nice. Feel free to try both, no matter if you're Windows, Linux or Mac. The Open-Source Web Development Environment is here.
Home page
...and common download options.
Blog
Stay up-to-date about Aptana.
Downloads
Detailed download page with additional options.
Screenshots
A good place to have a quick glance ot the main features.
Screencasts
Here you can get a more detailed view at it before downloading. Watch videos to see what it's like to use it.
And that's all. Enjoy it!
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OzzieA # 12. September 2006, 05:02
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gnapse # 19. September 2006, 00:16
I continue to write ocassionally because I like it. Yes, a bit of attention from other people would be encouraging, but I still like to write here every once in a while, even if no one reads me. It's liberating!
OzzieA # 9. February 2007, 17:56