I currently use Notepad++ for most of my development. I have been checking out other, more full-featured options and would like to switch (I'm in particular a fan of Aptana so far) but there is one thing about Notepad++ that I really like and I haven't been able to get so far.
My current workflow is something like this: Workflow (I tried to embed this image and it showed up in previews but not in the post, sorry) Workflow http://evanalyze.com/images/workflow.jpg
The process is this:
What I can't figure out how to do with Aptana is automatically store a local copy of a file I download from my server, edit and save back to the server. Is there some way to do this? If so, that would solve my problem immediately.
Other options would be a suggestion for a better way to manage the relationship between my server, my editor and my SVN repository. I know Aptana can access my SVN repository too. Is there an easy way to commit changes from within Aptana when I want to (which means I could take Tourtise out of the equation I guess)?
Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
I think you're doing things a bit strange.
You already have all your information in an SVN repository, so why not take advantage of that?
You keep a working copy on your computer for development and testing. Save and commit your changes to SVN. On your server, do an SVN export
(or checkout
, with appropriate server rules to block web access to the .svn
folders), and you're sweet!
---------------------- ------------ --------------- | Local Working Copy | <---> | SVN Repo | <---> | Live server | ---------------------- ------------ ---------------
This means you never have to worry about FTP, or have to figure out which files have been changed locally and hence need to be updated.
Not too sure but I found PhpEd better than Zend for this kind of stuff - especially easy save to FTP.
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