Comments on: Aptana Studio: A Worthy Replacement For Dreamweaver http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Thu, 24 May 2012 13:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-16781 David Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:25:50 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-16781 I just started using Apnata and it is really great to work with. The autocompletion is great in fact superb. It is a professional product that you can get for free. I just started using Apnata and it is really great to work with. The autocompletion is great in fact superb. It is a professional product that you can get for free.

]]> By: Richard http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-12241 Richard Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:06:51 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-12241 I’ve been on a mission for some time to move to open source tools purely because of the point and principle of the price tag on Adobe products (which really annoys me – it’s just excessively steep). I’d also love to ditch Windows altogether – so rather than buy a (again excessively priced) Apple Mac and then at least £700 on Dreamweaver and Fireworks – I’d be quite happy with Linux on my PC and alternative tools. (I have to recommend the latest SUSE KDE4 Distro – very nice, stable and good driver support - indeed) So, I know I can do everything I do in Fireworks using Gimp...just a little amount of package learning to overcome but fairly trivial. So the replacement to Dreamweaver...The closet open source package I’d previously found was Quanta+ but it would appear development has been on hold for some time – with is a real shame, it had great potential. I was introduced to eclipse through work for Java development, and stumbled across the web tools plug in. This was exciting and finally I found Aptana, eclipse gets a bit confusing with too many plug-ins loaded so it was even better to have the stand alone install. I think the review here does cover the package really well, I like the fact you can configure the previews for different browser to quickly flick between them – enabling the CSS differences etc. Also previewing PHP was easy and fully supported. It’s the little ‘comforts’ that Dreamweaver has that seem to make Aptana a little frustrating, for example, dragging an image into the code, being able to click on the preview to place your cursor in the corresponding code, and the CSS editing – although the auto complete and code editing on the whole seems superior in Aptana – it does seem a little counterproductive having to remember CSS, it would be great to have more intuitive method. However, I’m genuinely hoping it’s just a case of getting accustomed to slightly different way in working because Aptana is without a doubt a great open source application and probably the best alternative to Dreamweaver. At this time and if money was no object, I think I would have a Mac & CS4 though, purely because I know I’d be more productive. But money is a factor and I hate parting with it, so I’ll persevere. In a way I think it will improve development skills, I guess Dreamweaver provides a lot of shortcuts. I’ve been on a mission for some time to move to open source tools purely because of the point and principle of the price tag on Adobe products (which really annoys me – it’s just excessively steep).
I’d also love to ditch Windows altogether – so rather than buy a (again excessively priced) Apple Mac and then at least £700 on Dreamweaver and Fireworks – I’d be quite happy with Linux on my PC and alternative tools. (I have to recommend the latest SUSE KDE4 Distro – very nice, stable and good driver support – indeed)
So, I know I can do everything I do in Fireworks using Gimp…just a little amount of package learning to overcome but fairly trivial.
So the replacement to Dreamweaver…The closet open source package I’d previously found was Quanta+ but it would appear development has been on hold for some time – with is a real shame, it had great potential.
I was introduced to eclipse through work for Java development, and stumbled across the web tools plug in. This was exciting and finally I found Aptana, eclipse gets a bit confusing with too many plug-ins loaded so it was even better to have the stand alone install.
I think the review here does cover the package really well, I like the fact you can configure the previews for different browser to quickly flick between them – enabling the CSS differences etc. Also previewing PHP was easy and fully supported.
It’s the little ‘comforts’ that Dreamweaver has that seem to make Aptana a little frustrating, for example, dragging an image into the code, being able to click on the preview to place your cursor in the corresponding code, and the CSS editing – although the auto complete and code editing on the whole seems superior in Aptana – it does seem a little counterproductive having to remember CSS, it would be great to have more intuitive method.
However, I’m genuinely hoping it’s just a case of getting accustomed to slightly different way in working because Aptana is without a doubt a great open source application and probably the best alternative to Dreamweaver.
At this time and if money was no object, I think I would have a Mac & CS4 though, purely because I know I’d be more productive. But money is a factor and I hate parting with it, so I’ll persevere. In a way I think it will improve development skills, I guess Dreamweaver provides a lot of shortcuts.

]]> By: Richard http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22024 Richard Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:06:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22024 I’ve been on a mission for some time to move to open source tools purely because of the point and principle of the price tag on Adobe products (which really annoys me – it’s just excessively steep). I’d also love to ditch Windows altogether – so rather than buy a (again excessively priced) Apple Mac and then at least £700 on Dreamweaver and Fireworks – I’d be quite happy with Linux on my PC and alternative tools. (I have to recommend the latest SUSE KDE4 Distro – very nice, stable and good driver support - indeed) So, I know I can do everything I do in Fireworks using Gimp...just a little amount of package learning to overcome but fairly trivial. So the replacement to Dreamweaver...The closet open source package I’d previously found was Quanta+ but it would appear development has been on hold for some time – with is a real shame, it had great potential. I was introduced to eclipse through work for Java development, and stumbled across the web tools plug in. This was exciting and finally I found Aptana, eclipse gets a bit confusing with too many plug-ins loaded so it was even better to have the stand alone install. I think the review here does cover the package really well, I like the fact you can configure the previews for different browser to quickly flick between them – enabling the CSS differences etc. Also previewing PHP was easy and fully supported. It’s the little ‘comforts’ that Dreamweaver has that seem to make Aptana a little frustrating, for example, dragging an image into the code, being able to click on the preview to place your cursor in the corresponding code, and the CSS editing – although the auto complete and code editing on the whole seems superior in Aptana – it does seem a little counterproductive having to remember CSS, it would be great to have more intuitive method. However, I’m genuinely hoping it’s just a case of getting accustomed to slightly different way in working because Aptana is without a doubt a great open source application and probably the best alternative to Dreamweaver. At this time and if money was no object, I think I would have a Mac & CS4 though, purely because I know I’d be more productive. But money is a factor and I hate parting with it, so I’ll persevere. In a way I think it will improve development skills, I guess Dreamweaver provides a lot of shortcuts. I’ve been on a mission for some time to move to open source tools purely because of the point and principle of the price tag on Adobe products (which really annoys me – it’s just excessively steep).
I’d also love to ditch Windows altogether – so rather than buy a (again excessively priced) Apple Mac and then at least £700 on Dreamweaver and Fireworks – I’d be quite happy with Linux on my PC and alternative tools. (I have to recommend the latest SUSE KDE4 Distro – very nice, stable and good driver support – indeed)
So, I know I can do everything I do in Fireworks using Gimp…just a little amount of package learning to overcome but fairly trivial.
So the replacement to Dreamweaver…The closet open source package I’d previously found was Quanta+ but it would appear development has been on hold for some time – with is a real shame, it had great potential.
I was introduced to eclipse through work for Java development, and stumbled across the web tools plug in. This was exciting and finally I found Aptana, eclipse gets a bit confusing with too many plug-ins loaded so it was even better to have the stand alone install.
I think the review here does cover the package really well, I like the fact you can configure the previews for different browser to quickly flick between them – enabling the CSS differences etc. Also previewing PHP was easy and fully supported.
It’s the little ‘comforts’ that Dreamweaver has that seem to make Aptana a little frustrating, for example, dragging an image into the code, being able to click on the preview to place your cursor in the corresponding code, and the CSS editing – although the auto complete and code editing on the whole seems superior in Aptana – it does seem a little counterproductive having to remember CSS, it would be great to have more intuitive method.
However, I’m genuinely hoping it’s just a case of getting accustomed to slightly different way in working because Aptana is without a doubt a great open source application and probably the best alternative to Dreamweaver.
At this time and if money was no object, I think I would have a Mac & CS4 though, purely because I know I’d be more productive. But money is a factor and I hate parting with it, so I’ll persevere. In a way I think it will improve development skills, I guess Dreamweaver provides a lot of shortcuts.

]]> By: Catherine Scholz http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-11297 Catherine Scholz Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:05:26 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-11297 I found your article while searching for a replacement for Dreamweaver. I went ahead and installed Aptana on my Max OSX 10. I opened an html file in Aptana and it would not preview in the tabs at the bottom, even though Firefox and Safari appeared to be setup to do so. There was no support for this at Aptana.org. Guess I will have to find something else. I found your article while searching for a replacement for Dreamweaver. I went ahead and installed Aptana on my Max OSX 10. I opened an html file in Aptana and it would not preview in the tabs at the bottom, even though Firefox and Safari appeared to be setup to do so. There was no support for this at Aptana.org.

Guess I will have to find something else.

]]> By: Catherine Scholz http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22023 Catherine Scholz Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22023 I found your article while searching for a replacement for Dreamweaver. I went ahead and installed Aptana on my Max OSX 10. I opened an html file in Aptana and it would not preview in the tabs at the bottom, even though Firefox and Safari appeared to be setup to do so. There was no support for this at Aptana.org. Guess I will have to find something else. I found your article while searching for a replacement for Dreamweaver. I went ahead and installed Aptana on my Max OSX 10. I opened an html file in Aptana and it would not preview in the tabs at the bottom, even though Firefox and Safari appeared to be setup to do so. There was no support for this at Aptana.org.

Guess I will have to find something else.

]]> By: jonathan http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-10927 jonathan Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:56:19 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-10927 cool! good job! cool! good job!

]]> By: jonathan http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22022 jonathan Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:56:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22022 cool! good job! cool! good job!

]]> By: Aptana, o substituto do Dreamweaver para Linux http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8916 Aptana, o substituto do Dreamweaver para Linux Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:59:28 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8916 [...] Homepage do Aptana Studio; Aptana Forums • Split Screen; Aptana Studio: A Worthy Replacement For Dreamweaver. [...] [...] Homepage do Aptana Studio; Aptana Forums • Split Screen; Aptana Studio: A Worthy Replacement For Dreamweaver. [...]

]]> By: Aptana, o substituto do Dreamweaver para Linux | Ubuntued http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8893 Aptana, o substituto do Dreamweaver para Linux | Ubuntued Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:46:34 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8893 [...] Homepage do Aptana Studio; Aptana Forums • Split Screen; Aptana Studio: A Worthy Replacement For Dreamweaver. [...] [...] Homepage do Aptana Studio; Aptana Forums • Split Screen; Aptana Studio: A Worthy Replacement For Dreamweaver. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Tremblay http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8827 Kevin Tremblay Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:47:02 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8827 I just stumbled across this app. I have to say I really love it so far, so much so i will be uninstalling my Dreamweaver from my system and start using this full time. I love the fact that it has a smaller footprint than Dreamweaver also. There is a bit TOO many things squeezed into Dreamweaver that i frankly just don't use. This app runs really well on my laptops Mac and Windows based one. I am sold on this and will probably purchase the Pro version, can't beat that price vs Dreamweavers.. I just stumbled across this app. I have to say I really love it so far, so much so i will be uninstalling my Dreamweaver from my system and start using this full time. I love the fact that it has a smaller footprint than Dreamweaver also. There is a bit TOO many things squeezed into Dreamweaver that i frankly just don’t use.

This app runs really well on my laptops Mac and Windows based one. I am sold on this and will probably purchase the Pro version, can’t beat that price vs Dreamweavers..

]]> By: Kevin Tremblay http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22021 Kevin Tremblay Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:47:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22021 I just stumbled across this app. I have to say I really love it so far, so much so i will be uninstalling my Dreamweaver from my system and start using this full time. I love the fact that it has a smaller footprint than Dreamweaver also. There is a bit TOO many things squeezed into Dreamweaver that i frankly just don't use. This app runs really well on my laptops Mac and Windows based one. I am sold on this and will probably purchase the Pro version, can't beat that price vs Dreamweavers.. I just stumbled across this app. I have to say I really love it so far, so much so i will be uninstalling my Dreamweaver from my system and start using this full time. I love the fact that it has a smaller footprint than Dreamweaver also. There is a bit TOO many things squeezed into Dreamweaver that i frankly just don’t use.

This app runs really well on my laptops Mac and Windows based one. I am sold on this and will probably purchase the Pro version, can’t beat that price vs Dreamweavers..

]]> By: Peter Severin http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8673 Peter Severin Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:36:38 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8673 Great overview of Aptana. Perhaps you and your readers would be interested to find out about WireframeSketcher wireframing/prototyping plugin. I've recently added support for Aptana Studio 1.5 so give it a try. I should mention that it's a commercial product but I give away free licenses to open-source developers, bloggers, non-profits and others. Great overview of Aptana. Perhaps you and your readers would be interested to find out about WireframeSketcher wireframing/prototyping plugin. I’ve recently added support for Aptana Studio 1.5 so give it a try. I should mention that it’s a commercial product but I give away free licenses to open-source developers, bloggers, non-profits and others.

]]> By: Peter Severin http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22020 Peter Severin Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:36:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22020 Great overview of Aptana. Perhaps you and your readers would be interested to find out about WireframeSketcher wireframing/prototyping plugin. I've recently added support for Aptana Studio 1.5 so give it a try. I should mention that it's a commercial product but I give away free licenses to open-source developers, bloggers, non-profits and others. Great overview of Aptana. Perhaps you and your readers would be interested to find out about WireframeSketcher wireframing/prototyping plugin. I’ve recently added support for Aptana Studio 1.5 so give it a try. I should mention that it’s a commercial product but I give away free licenses to open-source developers, bloggers, non-profits and others.

]]> By: georges http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8461 georges Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:11:22 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8461 i am forced to return to dreamweaver because the lag, i can't continue to wait one second every time i 'undo'. Sad coz it seems cool. i am forced to return to dreamweaver because the lag, i can’t continue to wait one second every time i ‘undo’. Sad coz it seems cool.

]]> By: georges http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22019 georges Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:11:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22019 i am forced to return to dreamweaver because the lag, i can't continue to wait one second every time i 'undo'. Sad coz it seems cool. i am forced to return to dreamweaver because the lag, i can’t continue to wait one second every time i ‘undo’. Sad coz it seems cool.

]]> By: Damien http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8130 Damien Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:51:51 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8130 Click on the "Default" button at the bottom of the page, next to "Source". Click on the “Default” button at the bottom of the page, next to “Source”.

]]> By: Damien http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22018 Damien Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:51:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22018 Click on the "Default" button at the bottom of the page, next to "Source". Click on the “Default” button at the bottom of the page, next to “Source”.

]]> By: Miroslav http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-8093 Miroslav Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:22:51 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-8093 Hi thanks you for great review,I hav only one question: How to enable live preview feature,am searching in preferences but cant find id :( . Hi thanks you for great review,I hav only one question:
How to enable live preview feature,am searching in preferences but cant find id :( .

]]> By: Miroslav http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-22017 Miroslav Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-22017 Hi thanks you for great review,I hav only one question: How to enable live preview feature,am searching in preferences but cant find id :( . Hi thanks you for great review,I hav only one question:
How to enable live preview feature,am searching in preferences but cant find id :( .

]]> By: Damien http://maketecheasier.com/aptana-studio-a-worthy-replacement-for-dreamweaver/2009/03/23#comment-7451 Damien Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:54:39 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3685#comment-7451 Thanks for sharing. I don't really like themes with dark bacground, but I guess it could be really useful for most people Thanks for sharing. I don’t really like themes with dark bacground, but I guess it could be really useful for most people

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