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Aptana & Petition

I’ve heard about Aptana before, but I didn’t have the chance to give it a go until recently. I was looking about a Mac app that would include the following stuff:

  1. Solid CSS support and good code support.
  2. “Projects” functionality that would support FTP upload.
  3. Built-in validator and online help.
  4. A somewhat pretty interface that would inspire me to work.

I found most of these things in Aptana. Eventhough I suspect it’s somehow directed to Ajax- and Javascript-oriented programmers, it’s quite good for a mere web designer too.

These days I’ve tried almost everything, from mainstream editors like BBEdit and TextMate to specific CSS tools like CSSEdit. For some reason or another, nothing clicked. I wanted a Dreamweaver-like interface, but without all the bells and whistles of Dreamweaver.

Aptana seems quite good. It’s also open-source and overall free and quite good looking. As an added touch, it’s developed in Java, which always provokes warm and fuzzy feelings in my intestines (almost everyone that knows me is aware of my object-oriented passion). It may seem slow to some, but it’s quite efficient for me.

You can download it for Windows, MacOS or Linux, or you can get it as an add-on if you’re an Eclipse guy/gal.

On a sidenote, there are already about 1270 signatures for the “We Want Apple Greece” petition. Do you want to be the next?

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 9:31 pm by Sugar and is filed under Apple, Reviews, Web Design. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Aptana & Petition”


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    stelabouras says:
    November 10th, 2006 at 12:10 am

    It’s my personal opinion, but I think that Java IDEs are too slow for non-java programming tasks.

    On the other hand, the choice of a programming interface is a rather personal issue :)

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    Sugar says:
    November 10th, 2006 at 12:57 am

    So far, Aptana has not let me down - speedwise. It’s quite fast, at least on my Mbook, I haven’t tried at the PC.

    I have one problem: greek language support. But I guess I’ll find the solution somewhere in the fora, I really haven’t searched enough.


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