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Notepad++ - Web Development
| Starting out in Dreamweaver with a WYSIWYG editor, using a split coding and design view, I found myself spending more time in the code rather than dragging objects around. When I launched my Blog, I found that using Dreamweaver just wasn't going to cut it on account of the terrible PHP support it has. However, I was still apprehensive about switching to a straight text editor, so I would edit in Dreamweaver, save, then upload to my site and check how it looked on the live site instead of a preview. After realizing this was way more catered towards my style of approaching website design and maintenance, I finally decided to make the step towards a straight text editor. I spent about a week using Notepad, realized it was hard as hell to use without syntax highlighting, switched to Notepad++ and haven't looked back. If I'm ever in Linux, I'll use gedit, since it functions essentially the same with a few minor differences in the GUI. | |
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I feel that this change-over has made me a more efficient scripter, as I'm able to focus more on the actual code rather than editing a tiny little thing, then quickly checking to see if it broke the build or not. Sure, I do screw up some times with the div tags and table tags, but I rectify them as soon as I notice a problem, rather than trying to slap something over it to hide my errors. |
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