lightweight/powerful code editor

[rh71]

I need it to support ColdFusion and ASP/VB even if only minimal (color coding at a minimum). I've been using SCITE but it's not exactly feature-packed either and just looking to explore alternatives. I used to use Homesite/CF Studio/Dreamweaver but those are entirely too slow when opening/saving/closing files (even when they're local). These days I only use those for extended finds (search for words in entire directories). Any good recommendations?

 

[beginner99]

Notepad++

 

[BoberFett]

Notepad++

I've been using this for a while now.

If you are doing ASP/VB it's hard to beat Microsofts stuff, they make truly fantastic IDEs. But if you don't want to spend a lot of cash for MS, Notepad++ is pretty good.

 

[Markbnj]

I've been using this for a while now.

If you are doing ASP/VB it's hard to beat Microsofts stuff, they make truly fantastic IDEs. But if you don't want to spend a lot of cash for MS, Notepad++ is pretty good.

Or, as we seem to repeat here three or four times a month, get the free Express editions of Visual Studio... although I don't think that covers the OP's Cold Fusion requirement.

 

[esun]

Vi or Emacs

 

[sourceninja]

http://www.e-texteditor.com/ isn't bad. I really love textmate and coda on OSX and that is fairly close to textmate. notepad++ is good too.

 

[eflat123]

If you want an ide, check out NetBeans and/or Eclipse. But even when I'm using an ide I still use my fave editor, EditPlus, even use it for smaller code projects.

 

[speg]

Text mate.

 

[Patterner]

I agree with TextMate for the Mac. Or if you're looking for free, go with TextWrangler.

On the PC, I agree with Notepad++ as far as free goes. I also like Komodo Edit for a free editor.

 

[degibson]

Try ed. It's the standard editor.

 

[rh71]

thx I should've mentioned free and windows-only. So far I haven't seen one other that helps with CF color coding at all. Scite does it as a freebie so I assume it's possible without licensing issues. Notepad++ looks ok, if only it did CF too.

 

[Cogman]

thx I should've mentioned free and windows-only. So far I haven't seen one other that helps with CF color coding at all. Scite does it as a freebie so I assume it's possible without licensing issues. Notepad++ looks ok, if only it did CF too.

https://bitbucket.org/bbluemel/nppcoldfusion/wiki/Home

This is the fantastic thing about notepad++, it has excellent plugin support.

 

[Tweak155]

another ++ for Notepad++

 

[rh71]

https://bitbucket.org/bbluemel/nppcoldfusion/wiki/Home

This is the fantastic thing about notepad++, it has excellent plugin support.

working good, thanks.

 

[WildHorse]

Suggest you try
Arachnophilia

 

[rh71]

Suggest you try
Arachnophilia

^ thx but aren't java programs a bit slow running in general?

 

[Cogman]

^ thx but aren't java programs a bit slow running in general?

They are generally "good enough". If you are going for high speed, then yes, C++ is the way to go. The niceness of java is the fact that it runs pretty much anywhere (JVM implementation dependent) and it really isn't THAT bad as far as speed goes.


Syntax wise... I hate writing in java. It always feels so dang tedious. (and this comes from someone that enjoys C++ programming )

 

[you2]

I mostly use vi but someone already mentioned that. There is also vim and a few other derivatives. I suppose if I were younger I would use emacs but I missed the boat by a year.
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turbopascal had a nice editor and for a while I used something or other who's name i can't remember but it started with a p (I think). It wasn't bad.
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Btw java is fine for some things and C++ for others; but still some things are best expressed in lisp. Avoid perl 'cept if you are a perl lover. Don't use python if you manually indent construct and sometimes miss a space. awk is ok 'cept when you try to do too much with it and grep is always your friend 'cept zgrep which has outdated set of options. Btw java runs fine; in an absolute sense it is not as fast as c++ but if you look at how some games are written you would faint. processors are fast; it's just windows that is slow.

 

[zebano]

Notepad++, ultraedit, Vim or eMacs.

 

[slugg]

I really like ConTEXT. It supports practically every language, including ColdFusion. The other nice thing about it is that you can make workspaces and integrate it with a compiler of your choice!

But for a true IDE, I highly recommend any of Microsoft's if they can work for you. If no, Eclipse is the next best thing.

 

[trexpesto]

Been a while, but I used to use this, even bought a license once upon a time.
All kinds of syntax highlighting packs, can run basic command line tools, etc.
As I remember the nag screen was not bad at all.

http://textpad.com/