John wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Website development tools' on Fri, Sep 24 at 21:13:
On Friday 24 September 2004 18:08, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Can anyone here recommend a Linux website development tool with the same sort of capabilities that, say, Dreamweaver has? I'm not looking for a clone, only for something comparable.
Having been in the business since the boom and bust of the 90's, I will make a comment here.
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There is nothing that compares to GoLive on OS X for front end Web Site development!
Linux is great for database server / enterprise bean / php serving of relational data, especially with all the SSL secure capabilities, but GoLive on OS X is the drug of choice for the presentation layer, hands down.
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I prefer to use vim on OS X, personally, sometimes with Photoshop to slice up images... :) Using vim ensures that 1) no one ever asks what I'm doing and 2) I get the same beautiful spartan interface when I go back to a good OS. Linux is great for web development, too. :) --Danny, who makes large sites by editing PHP templates or perl scripts in vim (yes, some serious developers actually edit HTML by hand)