Web development, what apps do you use?

[$m@Rt@$$]

Hi guys,

I want to start fooling around with some web dev and want to know what you guys are using?

 

[GreGorGy]

Hi guys,

I want to start fooling around with some web dev and want to know what you guys are using?

BBEdit. It has been around since the 90s and I have owned versions since 4 (circa 96) so I just stick with it.

Are you looking for WYSIWYG or text?

 

[Darko]

Apps on the Mac?

I have the usual suspects in the Adobe CC suite like Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

I also have a Windows VM with Visual Studio.

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

Apps on the Mac?

I have the usual suspects in the Adobe CC suite like Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

I also have a Windows VM with Visual Studio.

Preferably running Mac native. I don't really want to write off 30gb of SSD space to run Visual Studio.

BBEdit. It has been around since the 90s and I have owned versions since 4 (circa 96) so I just stick with it.

Are you looking for WYSIWYG or text?

I would like something more advanced than WYSIWYG, although I'm not a code guru yet.

 

[GreGorGy]

Preferably running Mac native. I don't really want to write off 30gb of SSD space to run Visual Studio.



I would like something more advanced than WYSIWYG, although I'm not a code guru yet.

Then you have a few options. BBEdit is an excellent IDE. Also Coda and a few others. Sublime as well.

 

[envo]

You can use a hammer to force a round shape into a square one if you'd really like, or you could start by choosing what language you'd be developing in and going from there... One size fits all stuff doesn't work.

For PHP development, I enjoy phpDesigner8
For .NET development, nothing beats Visual Studio 2013 IMO

 

[GreGorGy]

You can use a hammer to force a round shape into a square one if you'd really like, or you could start by choosing what language you'd be developing in and going from there... One size fits all stuff doesn't work.

For PHP development, I enjoy phpDesigner8
For .NET development, nothing beats Visual Studio 2013 IMO

Which part of Mac native is confusing?

 

[deweyzeph]

Visual Studio 2013, nothing comes close.

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

You can use a hammer to force a round shape into a square one if you'd really like, or you could start by choosing what language you'd be developing in and going from there... One size fits all stuff doesn't work.

For PHP development, I enjoy phpDesigner8
For .NET development, nothing beats Visual Studio 2013 IMO

Which part of Mac native is confusing?

All input is greatly appreciated. If running a VM with windows is the way to get the job done right then I suppose I'll have to do that. I would simply prefer running it natively to Mac if possible - if there are great native Mac alternatives.

Thanks guys!

 

[stricken]

All input is greatly appreciated. If running a VM with windows is the way to get the job done right then I suppose I'll have to do that. I would simply prefer running it natively to Mac if possible - if there are great native Mac alternatives.

Thanks guys!

https://atom.io/

 

[ozziej]

I also am a big fan of bbedit and currently use it.
If you are planning on making web applications, it depends on what you want to do with the backend.
If you are looking at doing Java or PHP, then I would wholeheartedly suggest looking at NetBeans.
http://netbeans.org

Its got good Javascript as well as HTML5 support, you can test your stuff on mobile and desktop browsers. And it has native mac versions.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Currently doing PHP work.

Using Netbeans as my IDE at the moment, but if I had $99 to spend on a PHP IDE I would be using PHP Storm. It is a lot better imo, Netbeans tends to slow up badly and then you have to close everything down and reopen it.

 

[Lord Flacko]

Netbeans IDE 8. It's pretty much the same as the Windows version. I have Dreamweaver installed but there's no fun in using it.

 

[Darko]

Preferably running Mac native. I don't really want to write off 30gb of SSD space to run Visual Studio.

The Adobe CC suite is Mac native.

For .NET development nothing comes close to VS. It's the best for everything pretty much.

You are able to install Parallels in coherence mode which should decrease the size of the VM, and have Win apps run "natively" on the Mac. So you won't have a virtual machine per se. Just a sandboxed environment to install and run your apps.

 

[GreGorGy]

The Adobe CC suite is Mac native.

For .NET development nothing comes close to VS. It's the best for everything pretty much.

You are able to install Parallels in coherence mode which should decrease the size of the VM, and have Win apps run "natively" on the Mac. So you won't have a virtual machine per se. Just a sandboxed environment to install and run your apps.

Never knew OP wanted .NET development.

I want to start fooling around with some web dev and want to know what you guys are using?

 

[Darko]

Never knew OP wanted .NET development.

Then you also don't know that .NET is used in web development.

What OP wanted was to know what other web devs are using.

I am a web dev, and I use .NET.

How about you?

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

The Adobe CC suite is Mac native.

For .NET development nothing comes close to VS. It's the best for everything pretty much.

You are able to install Parallels in coherence mode which should decrease the size of the VM, and have Win apps run "natively" on the Mac. So you won't have a virtual machine per se. Just a sandboxed environment to install and run your apps.

Yeah but parallels is quite expensive

 

[Darko]

Yeah but parallels is quite expensive

I hear you. It is quite expensive. VM Ware as well

 

[GreGorGy]

Then you also don't know that .NET is used in web development.

What OP wanted was to know what other web devs are using.

I am a web dev, and I use .NET.

How about you?

See above - .NET is by far not the best WEB development software (IMO) and if he is intent on using it, then why buy a mac?

I hear you. It is quite expensive. VM Ware as well

VirtualBox is free - I wonder how well that runs .NET? Does anyone here use that kind of setup (VirtualBox + .NET) in a production environment.

 

[scudsucker]

For both Mac & Windows for pretty much any dev work - IntelliJ Idea absolutely rocks.

For .NET, obviously Windows only, Visual Studio with Intellij's Resharper plugin.