Brackets / Atom

PHPstorm is a great editor and is promoted by the JR staff. The only hangup I have with PHPstorm is that it's paid software... not everyone has $$$ to pay. If you've got tons of cash and want to go with a paid solution, phpstorm is excellent software. If you don't like to spend a lot of cash, check out the solutions below.

BRACKETS

There are some great open source editors out there. I've started using Brackets. My love for Brackets is building everyday! Brackets is made by Adobe and has a ton of features. Check out the video below to find out more information.

http://brackets.io/
Developer's Toolbox: Brackets
Brackets : Code the Web


ATOM

Atom is a fairly new editor created by GitHub. It's very similar to sublime text. It has a ton of features and works very well with GitHub (obviously).

https://atom.io/
GITHUB ATOM - Why Atom.io will be your favorite Text Editor!
First Impression of Atom Text Editor Beta



updated by @jimmy: 03/24/15 10:19:48AM

Nice one Jimmy

The editor I used to use before PhpStorm was eclipse:
https://eclipse.org/

Its totally free too. Haven't used it in years though.

You're right, not everyone needs a full IDE for development. Firing up Eclipse (or PhpStorm ) for a few template tweaks is total overkill.
updated by @michael: 02/19/15 12:08:59PM

http://www.vim.org/


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I just moved from Aptana to Brackets and I'm really loving it. I used PHPstorm for awhile and it was really nice. I have to keep my expenses down, another $99 and $49 a year on top of servers, domain names, existing software... I'm getting tapped out.

I picked Brackets over Atom because of the Adobe integration. Though, I see Atom as an editor that's really going to take off. There are a lot of people who use GitHub and will probably use that product because they know GitHub is going to put out a quality product.

Anyway, thought I'd throw a thread up there for the people who want a free editor.

Brian - I'll check out Vim - didn't see that on any of the lists I was looking at online.

BBedit on my laptop.

Dreamweaver (yuck) and Brackets on my work pc.

So I often take my laptop to work.


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Double yuck yuck for Dreamweaver.

Treble that!

I installed creative cloud and thought it was a good thing that the live mode worked all of a sudden.

But it takes 30 secs to figure it out and reload. I can refresh my browser much quicker than that.


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I'll have to admit, I started on Dreamweaver way back. I have CS too, but I haven't touched it in quite awhile.