Alternatives to Frontpage?

Posts: 1129 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:33 am

eclipse is pretty sweet to
or htmlpad

Posts: 746 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:27 pm

I've used Eclipse here at work and I really don't like it...just personal preferance cuz our Java guys swear by it and use it for all their development.

If I spent a lot of time in it I'd prolly learn it...but...UltraEdit is the app for me pretty much.

I rough in my classic ASP apps in Dreamweaver then do 90% of the real hand coding of those in UltraEdit.
I do ALL my php stuff in UltraEdit by hand.

The search functions in UltraEdit are second to none and make changing code a breeze. Plus, you should just get UltraEdit for it's column mode...talk about making indenting code a pleasure...

Of course if I am doing .NET stuff it's VS.NET2003 all the way. Intellisense rules.

Posts: 1021 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:56 pm

I don't use VS... I tried... I don't like it. I don't like the way it lays things out, I don't like the way it changes things, and I don't like all the FPness of it... Dreamweaver all the way, and if something needs compiling the command line is way easy.

Posts: 746 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:46 pm

Well see - i don't design in VS - I code in VS

I'll rough in the design in VS - for example I'll lay out the form elements etc...and go that route - then once I get everythign completed - I rip out the HTML from all the ASPX pages and put my design in.

I could NOT program .NET without VS - I HAVE to have the debugger and Intellisense....and the class browesr and the server explorer etc etc etc...

I use DWMX for classic ASP but IMHO it's not a .NET app - not yet.

Posts: 1021 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:49 pm

n00b...

j/k i like using dreamweaver because i like it's color coding schema and it's very straightforward text editor feel...

Posts: 746 · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:05 pm

But how do you LIVE without the debugger and intellisense?!?!?!

OMG - I'd DIE without the .NET debugger!

I sooooo love being able to step through my .NET apps...

Posts: 1021 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:31 am

I debug with paper and pen Wink

and a keen eye Very Happy

Posts: 1129 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:47 am

i just debug with a big can of "off"

Posts: 66 · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:40 pm

hnaulty wrote:

We've seen a rising amount of customers using Macromedia Contribute as their development tool. The program is similar to Dreamweaver from what I understand of it, only cut down a bit for a price tag of $149 off of Macromedia's site. It doesn't use or add any extra unnecessary worthless code like frontpage does. It works and sets up similarly to Dreamweaver. Of course, those who are more familiar with the software itself can add to this post. It's a rising software.

Contribute is a good alternative to FrontPage as a tool that a non-techie can use to get the job done. It doesn't give them too much that a user is overwhelmed with features and it doesn't restrict them to a point where they can't get their job done.

Jonathan Arena
HMS

Posts: 1129 · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:44 pm

well contribute is a good program 4 a qualified person to make a site and slap the contribute code over and hand it off to a non qualified person(s) who will be updating the site without the abilitiy for them too mess it up, since they can only edit certain sections