mrj Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hi,I had been coding on mobile since I learned to code. Now I am going to get a laptop. So I just want to know which IDE or software(s) should I install on my Laptop for developing my site. Any suggestions for this noob?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 It depends on the language you're coding in, but I just use Notepad++ or SciTe when it comes to HTML/CSS/PHP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydos Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Vim is the ultimate editor. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Visual Studio Code - by far the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrj Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 I heard that Visual Studio is paid and require a lot of resource and memory. Free ones will be best. Is the NeatBean good? Should I install XAMPP for testing my codes offline? Please tell me your opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi123 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Moved to "Questions". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I've never used netbeans. Also, Visual Studio != Visual Studio Code. The second one is free, the first one is not. Both are very bloated and can be resource hogs though. Seeing you mention XAMPP makes me think you're doing PHP development...in which case you can make do with something as simple as notepad++. I've written tons of PHP code over the years, NPP or SciTe got used for all of it. ...and yes, XAMPP is probably the best way to test your code. You won't be able to send mail, but it'll do just about everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Visual Studio and VS Code are completely free.https://www.visualstudio.comhttps://code.visualstudio.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlex Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Take a look at Sublime. My favorite one. Extremely awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 @Bailey: Only the code version is actually free. The others are trial versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrj Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 I've installed NetBeans IDE and JDK 8. I will try them tonight. As I don't have broadband connection, I need to wait before I get huge (mobile) data. Then I will try all of your suggested IDEs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) @Bailey: Only the code version is actually free. The others are trial versions.It's a trial if you don't sign in. Otherwise it's free for lifetime (VS Community) Only for VS Community its free.The professional and enterprise versions require payment... Edited April 29, 2018 by ziad0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhodor Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 If you're mostly into web development Atom, Visual Studio Code, Sublime are top notch and by far the most solid editors out there.If you want to be a little nerdy and go for the old school style, try Vim & emacs. If you're into Python and mostly software development you should try stuff like Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, there are plenty of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 My Web Development Toolkit 1) Xampp does have a mail server, php, perl, tomcat, etc. so perfect for testing.locally.2) I personally use notepad++. I only use VS for developing actual EXEs so that's that. Well that's what I use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrj Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Okay, XAMPP is required for testing offline and locally. I have it. NetBeans IDE and Visual Studio Code is little bit complicated for me. Because I am new at these things. Now I am going to try jEdit (got idea from stackoverflow) and Notepad++ (as most peoples suggested). Thanks all for your suggestions. You are welcome to give your opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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