Your favourite coding software?

From C++ to PHP, debugging to webhosting; help and discussion about writing your latest program to running your website. NOT for help when your PC won't work.

Announcements Posted on
Ask me ANYTHING - Andrew O'Neill - Buzzcocks comedian, amateur occultist, vegan... 22-05-2013
Sign in to Reply
  1. Jake9's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Posts: 505
    Your favourite coding software?
    I used to use Dreamweaver code view, but Dreamweaver is just a bit bulky and takes too long to load for my liking now.

    Currently installing Aptana Studio to give that a go, but does anyone have any recommendations?

    NOT notepad, I'd like at the very least syntax highlighting.
  2. cuche's Avatar
    • Benevolent Member
    • Posts: 628
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
  3. GBP's Avatar
    • Respected Member
    • Posts: 194
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Notepad2 for Windows, GNU nano for Unix-like, Vim for both if I'm feeling bold (I still don't know how to fully use Vim).
  4. CHY872's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Eclipse for Java
  5. estel's Avatar
    • TSR Idol
    • Location: Bristol
    • Posts: 9,352
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    I'd use Visual Studio for everything if it had the correct language support, but I usually just use vim / Eclipse.
  6. Psyk's Avatar
    • TSR Royalty
    • Location: Leamington Spa
    • Posts: 19,075
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Visual Studio is pretty good (I'm only using 2008 though) and even better with a plugin called Visual Assist. It does seem quite bloated, but I think that's what you pay for the features you get (well, that and how much money it costs). I use that for C++ and C#.

    I use Notepad++ for other stuff like Python, XML files, pretty much any other sort of text files. I quite like it. Seems quite light weight.
  7. Exopaladin's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    • Location: London
    • Posts: 1,391
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Netbeans for Java/PHP/C/C++, Eclipse w/Apatana plugin when I'm doing Django/other large Python stuff. Vim or gedit if I'm just hacking together a script.
  8. Nima944's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Posts: 17
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Just vi or gedit, I've never liked any of the complicated editors for some reason.
  9. xXedixXx's Avatar
    • Vengeful, Imperial Overlord of The Student Room
    • Location: Hertfordshire
    • Posts: 4,130
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Definitely NetBeans www.netbeans.org
  10. StormyDragon's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Location: Norfolk, England
    • Posts: 10
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    On my Fedora machine I use gedit along with NetBeans, Eclispe and Kompozer.

    On my Windows machine I use Notepad++, NetBeans and Kompozer.
  11. JGR's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    • Posts: 1,239
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    I've yet to find an editor I really like, to be honest.
    At the moment I'm using Programmer's Notepad, which is OK. PSPad isn't bad either, just a bit unpolished.

    I use TortoiseHg/Mercurial for code SCM and the like though.
  12. laser's Avatar
    • Overlord in Training
    • Location: Doncaster
    • Posts: 2,559
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    I use Komodo Edit
  13. ch0llima's Avatar
    • Vengeful, Imperial Overlord of The Student Room
    • Posts: 4,485
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Eclipse for Java, Visual Studio 2008 Professional (gotta love MSDNAA - I've got a 2010 licence too) for most other things. Python, scripts and any associated tweaking of smaller bits of code is done in Notepad++.
  14. Metrobeans's Avatar
    • TSR Idol
    • Location: London
    • Posts: 9,551
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Another vote for Visual Studio 2010. Intellitrace is really useful (ditto the MSDNAA comment above! ) and I don't think I've ever been frustrated with the software.
  15. n65uk's Avatar
    • Benevolent Member
    • Posts: 776
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Visual Studio is a pretty hefty piece of software but couldn't do my job without it.
  16. Westie.'s Avatar
    • Respected Member
    • Posts: 243
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    For Windows, Notepad++ or vim.

    For Linux, Gedit or vim.

    For Mac OS X, Coda or vim.

    Notice a pattern occurring here?
  17. GBP's Avatar
    • Respected Member
    • Posts: 194
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    (Original post by Westie.)
    For Windows, Notepad++ or vim.

    For Linux, Gedit or vim.

    For Mac OS X, Coda or vim.

    Notice a pattern occurring here?
    He uses gedit!
  18. Fallen's Avatar
    • Overlord in Training
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    (Original post by estel)
    I'd use Visual Studio for everything if it had the correct language support, but I usually just use vim / Eclipse.
    Same, I love Visual Studio. Shame I barely use .NET.
  19. Marshton's Avatar
    • New Member
    • Posts: 23
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    For PHP and all web related languages, I'm a

    NuSphere PHPED kinda guy - Clicky

    and for everything else, there is VS2010 or Eclipse
    Last edited by Marshton; 23-05-2011 at 21:26.
  20. TheBritishBloke's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    • Location: Lancashire
    • Posts: 1,052
    Re: Your favourite coding software?
    Xcode. I love it

    [Although I am a complete Apple fanboy]
Sign in to Reply
Share this discussion:  
Useful resources
Article updates
Moderators

We have a brilliant team of more than 60 volunteers looking after discussions on The Student Room, helping to make it a fun, safe and useful place to hang out.

Reputation gems:
The Reputation gems seen here indicate how well reputed the user is, red gem indicate negative reputation and green indicates a good rep.
Post rating score:
These scores show if a post has been positively or negatively rated by our members.