[wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?

Briston Davidge bristond at gmail.com
Mon Oct 17 22:16:33 UTC 2011


I use textmate (mac) with the wp bundles.  pretty powerful.

http://macromates.com/

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>   1. Re: Which editor do you use? (Mike Schinkel)
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>   3. Re: Which editor do you use? (Daniel Fenn)
>   4. Re: Which editor do you use? (Muhammad Ali)
>   5. Re: Which editor do you use? (Gregg Tomlinson)
>   6. Re: Which editor do you use? (Scott Wilcox)
>   7. Re: Which editor do you use? (Stas Su?cov)
>   8. Re: Which editor do you use? (Mike Schinkel)
>   9. Re: Which editor do you use? (Diana K. Cury)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:26:31 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
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> PhpStorm + (free) ZendDebugger
>
> -Mike
>
> On Oct 17, 2011, at 4:44 PM, "Diana K. Cury" <dianakac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Quite off, but which app do you use when coding for WordPress?
> >
> > I use simple syntax higlighter ones, but I heard about Visual Studio
> being the best thing on editing code, not sure if works nice with php and
> css tough. Also, some people recommend CodeBlocks etc
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:30:47 -0700
> From: Eric Mann <eric at eam.me>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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> >
> >  I heard about Visual Studio being the best thing on editing code, not
> sure
> > if works nice with php and css tough. Also, some people recommend
> CodeBlocks
> > etc
> >
>
> For the record, I spend 8+ hours per day coding in Visual Studio for my day
> job.  But that's all .Net (C#) development.  For CSS, HTML, XML,
> JavaScript,
> etc I absolutely love it.  It's a lot better than plan old text editors
> because of intellisense (termed "intellicrack" by some of my co-workers).
>  No guessing what methods/properties your objects have.  Fantastic for
> working with .Net code, and it's got great extensions for JS, too.
>
> I actually have jQuery intellisense built right in to the editor.
>
> For PHP code, though, it's a far cry from perfect.  Microsoft hasn't taken
> any steps to integrate PHP into the editor, and the third-party tools that
> *
> do* pull in the syntax haven't proven (to me at least) that they're very
> mature.  So when I build code for WordPress, I usually switch over to
> PhpStorm.
>
> Like VS, PhpStorm gives you intellisense support, but only for the code *in
> your project*.  So if you want syntactic suggestions for core WP
> functionality, you need to load the entire WP codebase in your project ...
> rather than just loading the plugin or theme you're actively developing.
>  There might be a workaround or two for this, but I haven't found them yet.
>
> But if you're spending a lot of time working in an IDE, *any IDE*, make
> sure
> you pick one that enables intellisense.  You'll thank yourself later. :-)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:33:52 +1100
> From: Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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>
> I use Adobe dreamweaver CS5
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> >>
> >> ?I heard about Visual Studio being the best thing on editing code, not
> sure
> >> if works nice with php and css tough. Also, some people recommend
> CodeBlocks
> >> etc
> >>
> >
> > For the record, I spend 8+ hours per day coding in Visual Studio for my
> day
> > job. ?But that's all .Net (C#) development. ?For CSS, HTML, XML,
> JavaScript,
> > etc I absolutely love it. ?It's a lot better than plan old text editors
> > because of intellisense (termed "intellicrack" by some of my co-workers).
> > ?No guessing what methods/properties your objects have. ?Fantastic for
> > working with .Net code, and it's got great extensions for JS, too.
> >
> > I actually have jQuery intellisense built right in to the editor.
> >
> > For PHP code, though, it's a far cry from perfect. ?Microsoft hasn't
> taken
> > any steps to integrate PHP into the editor, and the third-party tools
> that *
> > do* pull in the syntax haven't proven (to me at least) that they're very
> > mature. ?So when I build code for WordPress, I usually switch over to
> > PhpStorm.
> >
> > Like VS, PhpStorm gives you intellisense support, but only for the code
> *in
> > your project*. ?So if you want syntactic suggestions for core WP
> > functionality, you need to load the entire WP codebase in your project
> ...
> > rather than just loading the plugin or theme you're actively developing.
> > ?There might be a workaround or two for this, but I haven't found them
> yet.
> >
> > But if you're spending a lot of time working in an IDE, *any IDE*, make
> sure
> > you pick one that enables intellisense. ?You'll thank yourself later. :-)
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:36:27 +0100
> From: Muhammad Ali <mjsafoxy at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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> I generally use nano via SSH, but on my Mac I use Dreamweaver; but on my PC
> I use notepad++. :p
>
> On 17 October 2011 22:30, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
>
> > >
> > >  I heard about Visual Studio being the best thing on editing code, not
> > sure
> > > if works nice with php and css tough. Also, some people recommend
> > CodeBlocks
> > > etc
> > >
> >
> > For the record, I spend 8+ hours per day coding in Visual Studio for my
> day
> > job.  But that's all .Net (C#) development.  For CSS, HTML, XML,
> > JavaScript,
> > etc I absolutely love it.  It's a lot better than plan old text editors
> > because of intellisense (termed "intellicrack" by some of my co-workers).
> >  No guessing what methods/properties your objects have.  Fantastic for
> > working with .Net code, and it's got great extensions for JS, too.
> >
> > I actually have jQuery intellisense built right in to the editor.
> >
> > For PHP code, though, it's a far cry from perfect.  Microsoft hasn't
> taken
> > any steps to integrate PHP into the editor, and the third-party tools
> that
> > *
> > do* pull in the syntax haven't proven (to me at least) that they're very
> > mature.  So when I build code for WordPress, I usually switch over to
> > PhpStorm.
> >
> > Like VS, PhpStorm gives you intellisense support, but only for the code
> *in
> > your project*.  So if you want syntactic suggestions for core WP
> > functionality, you need to load the entire WP codebase in your project
> ...
> > rather than just loading the plugin or theme you're actively developing.
> >  There might be a workaround or two for this, but I haven't found them
> yet.
> >
> > But if you're spending a lot of time working in an IDE, *any IDE*, make
> > sure
> > you pick one that enables intellisense.  You'll thank yourself later. :-)
> > _______________________________________________
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> > wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
> >
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:40:53 -0500
> From: Gregg Tomlinson <gregg at fatheaddesign.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Message-ID: <2C12791F-B637-4B90-B5B1-CE8E437C09D0 at fatheaddesign.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Coda + CSSEdit. Been using Espresso 2 a little lately just because it has
> CSSEdit built into it, but I can't get past how good Coda is with code.
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Diana K. Cury wrote:
>
> > Quite off, but which app do you use when coding for WordPress?
> >
> > I use simple syntax higlighter ones, but I heard about Visual Studio
> being the best thing on editing code, not sure if works nice with php and
> css tough. Also, some people recommend CodeBlocks etc
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> > _______________________________________________
> > wp-hackers mailing list
> > wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
>
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> Gregg Tomlinson
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>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:41:52 +0100
> From: Scott Wilcox <scott at dor.ky>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
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> Coda h?re too.
>
> On 17 Oct 2011, at 22:40, Gregg Tomlinson wrote:
>
> > Coda + CSSEdit. Been using Espresso 2 a little lately just because it has
> CSSEdit built into it, but I can't get past how good Coda is with code.
> >
> >
> > On Oct 17, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Diana K. Cury wrote:
> >
> >> Quite off, but which app do you use when coding for WordPress?
> >>
> >> I use simple syntax higlighter ones, but I heard about Visual Studio
> being the best thing on editing code, not sure if works nice with php and
> css tough. Also, some people recommend CodeBlocks etc
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot!
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> wp-hackers mailing list
> >> wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> >> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
> >
> > ::::  ::::  ::::
> >
> > Gregg Tomlinson
> > Principal
> >
> > fathead design, inc.
> > 1329 W. Loyola Ave., Suite G2  |  Chicago, Illinois  60626
> >
> > p: 773.338.1313  |  f: 773.236.8573  |  t: 877.309.7799
> >
> > http://fatheaddesign.com  |  http://contactsolved.com
> > fb: http://www.facebook.com/fatheaddesign  |  twitter:
> http://twitter.com/fatheaddesign
> >
> >
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>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:48:13 +0300
> From: Stas Su?cov <stas at nerd.ro>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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>
> Pe 18.10.2011 00:30, Eric Mann a scris:
> >>
>
> > But if you're spending a lot of time working in an IDE, *any IDE*, make
> sure
> > you pick one that enables intellisense.  You'll thank yourself later. :-)
> >
>
> Sorry to correct this statement, but from what you say above it means
> everyone should choose VS just because `intellisense` is what Microsoft
> calls auto-completion or code cross-reference. And that pick should
> definitely be on Windows.
>
> So I suppose Eric wanted to suggest to pick and IDE with good code
> completion. And that *definitely* can be VS or any other editor.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:56:48 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: "wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com"
>        <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Cc: "wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com"
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> On Oct 17, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> > Like VS, PhpStorm gives you intellisense support, but only for the code
> *in
> > your project*.  So if you want syntactic suggestions for core WP
> > functionality, you need to load the entire WP codebase in your project
> ...
> > rather than just loading the plugin or theme you're actively developing.
> > There might be a workaround or two for this, but I haven't found them
> yet.
>
> Interesting. It has never even occurred to me not to load entire WP code
> base into my project, especially since you can have multiple version control
> repositories represented in a project.
>
> I agree, I can't even image how constricting it would be not to have
> intellisense for core WP function when coding. Even worse would be not
> having the "jump to function" functionality, which I use constantly, to see
> exactly what a core WP function does (or what any other function does, for
> that matter.)
>
> -Mike
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:11:06 -0300
> From: "Diana K. Cury" <dianakac at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Message-ID: <005301cc8d22$11a062f0$0100a8c0 at corpfe1f3cd943>
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>        reply-type=original
>
> Thanks everybody!
>
> I find vim terrible lol Gonna try out the Phpstorm.
>
> Microsoft editors are the best indeed, not sure but... they aren't up to
> develop anything  for php, since they have asp for choose :( too bad. I
> need
> to use different editors when creating themes and plugins, esp. themes, as
> most editors aren't helpful rendering css sometimes, I try everything for
> save time.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Mann" <eric at eam.me>
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Which editor do you use?
>
>
> > >
> >>  I heard about Visual Studio being the best thing on editing code, not
> >> sure
> >> if works nice with php and css tough. Also, some people recommend
> >> CodeBlocks
> >> etc
> >>
> >
> > For the record, I spend 8+ hours per day coding in Visual Studio for my
> > day
> > job.  But that's all .Net (C#) development.  For CSS, HTML, XML,
> > JavaScript,
> > etc I absolutely love it.  It's a lot better than plan old text editors
> > because of intellisense (termed "intellicrack" by some of my co-workers).
> > No guessing what methods/properties your objects have.  Fantastic for
> > working with .Net code, and it's got great extensions for JS, too.
> >
> > I actually have jQuery intellisense built right in to the editor.
> >
> > For PHP code, though, it's a far cry from perfect.  Microsoft hasn't
> taken
> > any steps to integrate PHP into the editor, and the third-party tools
> that
> > *
> > do* pull in the syntax haven't proven (to me at least) that they're very
> > mature.  So when I build code for WordPress, I usually switch over to
> > PhpStorm.
> >
> > Like VS, PhpStorm gives you intellisense support, but only for the code
> > *in
> > your project*.  So if you want syntactic suggestions for core WP
> > functionality, you need to load the entire WP codebase in your project
> ...
> > rather than just loading the plugin or theme you're actively developing.
> > There might be a workaround or two for this, but I haven't found them
> yet.
> >
> > But if you're spending a lot of time working in an IDE, *any IDE*, make
> > sure
> > you pick one that enables intellisense.  You'll thank yourself later. :-)
> > _______________________________________________
> > wp-hackers mailing list
> > wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
>
>
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