Was on the hunt to try out some new IDEs but haven't found anything worthy yet.
I'm on Windows 10, and I've been using HTML-Kit 292 since it came out in the black'n'white days. Built by Chami and very hard to find now as development stopped ages ago and they switched to HTML-Kit Tools which has more features and more clutter.
https://www.htmlkit.com/download/
Why I use an old outdated IDE? Mainly because you can easily create your own plugins for it, and customise keyboard shortcuts. It even has built in FTP ( but not FTPs :( )
I can edit my code without need of a mouse!
Other IDEs I use and have used :
- VS Code - I used to use this until I discovered VS Codium, which is the non-M$ version
- VS Codium - free and current with the world of code today. I use this when i need to load large files, or files with special characters, which HTML-Kit doesn't do well
- VIM / VI - only when I ssh into something, but then why use these when ...
- Nano - .... is better. As I'm a Windows user, Vi and VIM always have keyboard mapping issues. I log in to many different servers and they all act differently, but Nano always works. I even use Nano on my Windows machine when I'm in CLI and need to do a quick change.
- Eclipse - How does the Moons hair stylist cut her hair? Eclipse it! I stopped using Eclipse as it was a memory hog. But it had all the features you could ever want. I think the best IDE for Java, if you like that sort've thing. (I don't ) But if you have a fast computer try this out.
I looked at but didn't try
- GEdit - it costs like $10 ! Why when others are free?
- Pardre - I couldn't get this without an old version of Perl being installed and breaking my %PATH :(
Anyway, HTML-Kit is worth a try if you feel like a bit of foot work to get it how you want. It's been more than 10 years and I still haven't found a better replacement. VS Codium is close but I'm not happy with the lack of keyboard support, and how it never saves my project lists :(
HTMK-Kit does have a Linux version or it is possible somehow to get it running on Linux. I couldn't work it out, which is one of the reasons I'm still developing code in Windows :|
Hope this helps someone!
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