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Ok I have been using using Aptana Studio 3 for my IDE. It was great because I was able to view files directly off the server and edit and save them directly to the server. This meant I didn't have to download any files locally to my computer.
I was then dumped a horrific CMS job that runs on a Windows Server which Aptana does not connect to via ftp (see bug here). I need an alternative IDE very quickly to make progress on this project!
Can anyone help? Either I need a fix for this Aptana Bug or I neeed an alternative IDE that will fulfil the same criteria...
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IDEs are a robust set of tools that are intended to make programming as easy as it can possibly get. A code editor is essentially a text editor that has robust built-in features and specialised functionalities that are designed to ease and speed up the process of editing code.
A Source-Code Editor (or Programming Text Editor) is programming language sensitive and context-aware. It highlights the syntax elements of your programs; and provides many features that aid in your program development (such as auto-complete, compile/build/run, help menu, etc.).
A source code editor may be a stand-alone program or part of an integrated development environment (IDE). They make writing and reading the source code easier by differentiating the elements and routines so programmers can more easily look at their code.
It sounds like in your case an online IDE could work - I guess they will have all the random connection types sorted out. I would recommend ShiftEdit, but you can take a look at the answers in Is there an online PHP IDE?, too.
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I've used this only for some server side JavaScript node.js coding and it worked fine for me. Take a look at cloud9. (You will need to have node.js running on the server.)
Edit: The website is a little bit misleading. There is a way to run this on you own server.
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"Best" is very subjective… so I'll answer subjectively. EditPad Pro (lite version free, pro version can be purchased) and Notepad++ (free) have FTP support (Notepad++ via a plugin). Neither of these are full IDEs but in my experience are great editors; it really depends on what sort of code you need to edit and if you actually need a full IDE.
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If you have a Mac, you could use Coda from Panic. It is a great IDE with text editor, file transfer, svn, css, terminal and many more. It provides also a remote connection with a server via FTP, SFTP, FTP with SSL or WebDAV.
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