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The problem I'm facing is that I would like to upgrade my OS to Mavericks—and I'm sure that Netbeans for Mac relies on an old version (6 I think) of java. Although I need to confirm that, maybe there's an update now. Best Java IDEs 1. Once owned by Sun Microsystems, and now by Oracle, NetBeans is one of the best IDEs from the past decade. NetBeans is completely modularized, and all the IDE functions come in packages called modules.
I am a little disenchanted with development on the Mac right now. I need a single IDE that can handle all of my development needs. I did notice there are other questions on this topic already, but those did not cover my specific needs of:
- Must support at least HTML, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails and PHP syntax highlighting, bonus if there are more language plug-ins available
- Must support the ability to connect to FTP and SFTP
- Must support handling of projects/sites
- Must have some level of code completion, even if it is just at the variable level
- Must support syntax formatting
- Must be able to recognize and highlight ERB/TPL files as HTML
Are there any suggestions for such an IDE out there?
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I actually think the idea of a single, unified, development environment like what you're after is somewhat antithetical to OS X design principles. One of the great things I've found, since switching to OS X for development work about a year ago, is that many OS X application developers share my own personal philosophy when it comes to software: do less, but do it really, really well.
As such, my current development environment on OS X is less unified than it was on Windows or Linux, but far, far more stable, robust, and ultimately: productive.
For coding I use TextMate. It seems almost trivially simple at first and then you discover bundles and it's built-in command line filtering and it takes off. It will handle the highlighting tasks you requested. It has projects, and while they seem kind of loose at first, you'll grow to appreciate it. Best dictation for mac. Trust me. And it does handle code completion, tag closing, tag matching -- the sort of stuff you'd expect -- it's just not obvious, but it's there in Bundles and waiting for you to customize it.
Update: I've moved off TextMate and on to Sublime Text 2. The regular updates and the Python-based extensions were a major draw. It's been a year now and no regrets with that switch.
I use Kaleidoscope for diffs. It's just an a beautiful diff tool.
My git tool is Tower and my Subversion tool is Versions. Both awesome.
For permanent, remote drive access via ssh I use MacFUSE to connect to the remote location and mount it as a drive on my Mac. This is a superior option to built-in ssh or ftp support in the IDE because all the programs on my Mac can now work with files on that share.
I also use CyberDuck for it's awesome cost and excellent Amazon S3 support. I could even get away with just CyberDuck, no MacFUSE, if I had to. But I don't. :)
Update: I've switched to ForkLift 2 as my primary means to interact with remote file systems. It's got a nicer UI than CyberDuck and a few less 'quirks' to it. I'll still occasionally open up CyberDuck when I need to deliver a signed URL to an S3 object.
Finally: iTerm 2. A terminal app befitting OS X. It really is quite a fantastic terminal. Bookmarks make it easy to get to my AWS machines quickly. The UI is clean. And tabs.
All of those things replace the clunky IDE (Komodo Pro) I use to use on Linux and Windows (and never really liked, just tolerated). And I don't even know that they're not all 'unified' in one cluttered, modal window. No sir.
For reference, I write a lot Python, some HTML, JavaScript, Perl, and Java. And the occasional bit of C and C++.
Update: There's more Go in my day to day coding now. My toolset integrated that relatively young language without so much as a hiccup.
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It's not an IDE, but the Vim editor does everything that you have asked for and much, much more!
Even better, it comes pre-installed with Mac OS X. Also, once you have used it on OS X, you can use it on Windows, Linux, BSD, Amiga OS..
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I couldn't have said it better:
Sublime Text has grown to become my favorite GUI code editor. It feels like a spiritual successor to TextMate (even allowing support for some TextMate bundles like snippets and themes), and has many original+natural features like fully independent text cursors, a very nice search feature, and a rapidly-growing plugin API and surrounding community.
Check it out, it's freaking awesome.
(And it works on Windows and Linux too!)
(And it works on Windows and Linux too!)
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Netbeans
You can go for NetBeans, it's quite good and I prefer it.
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Oddly there is no mention of Eclipse yet. Its not just for Java, there are plugins for almost all the languages out there. I've used it on my MacBook Pro for years.
Chris GallatyChris Gallaty
JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform. WebStorm is a specialised version of PhpStorm, offering a subset of its features. WebStorm ships with pre-installed JavaScript plugins (such as for Node.js)
MuhammedMuhammed
I find the open source Atom the best!
Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customise to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file.
Full-featured, right out of the box
Cross-platform editing
Atom works across operating systems. You can use it on OS X, Windows, or Linux.
Built-in package manager
Search for and install new packages or start creating your own—all from within Atom.
![Best Best](/uploads/1/2/6/1/126136794/730637234.png)
Smart autocompletion
Atom helps you write code faster with a smart, flexible autocomplete.
File system browser
Easily browse and open a single file, a whole project, or multiple projects in one window.
Multiple panes
Split your Atom interface into multiple panes to compare and edit code across files.
Find and replace
Find, preview, and replace text as you type in a file or across all your projects
Packages for most of the requirements
You choose from thousands of open source packages that add new features and functionality to Atom—or build a package from scratch and publish it for everyone else to use
- Code completion ->autocomplete-plus
- Run Code ->Script
Themes
Customisable Themes
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I've been impressed with Aptana 3 - give it a try. It has Smarty support.
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For web development in particular, there is Coda. I would also recommend Textmate from Macromates.
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Another alternative is Komodo IDE: 'The Professional IDE for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl and Web Dev'
You can customize syntax highlighting if you want too. Have a look at the features.
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I have tried SubLime , it is brilliant in looks . And one of the best thing about it is the fact that even if you force quit it , it will retain state of the app . So all of the tabs you were working on will get restored . It's much needed when you accidently close the app .
About TextMate , that's nice too . But Sublime is certainly +1 .
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I don't know if this will strike as promotional, or not, but guys, I can't help not to talk about our own.. brain child, Peppermint.
We've launched it around 1-2 weeks ago, and the response so far has been very welcoming - so I thought I should share it here as well. It's not an IDE. But it's not a simple Code Editor either. Perhaps, it's something in between and - with its live javascript console and plugin API - aiming to be as extensible and coder-friendly as possible.
-- Features --
- 50+ different syntaxes supported
- 10+ different themes
- Lots of different plugins/tools for everything you need
- Instantly Run/Preview your code, without ever leaving Peppermint
- Included FTP/SFTP mapping support
- Live JavaScript console
- Fully customiseable & scriptable
- Advanced Editing: Snippets, Autocompletion, Multiple cursors
-- Specs Supported --
ActionScript, Ada, AppleScript, Assembly x86, Bash, C#, C++, C, COBOL, CSS, Clojure, CoffeeScript, ColdFusion, D, Erlang, Forth, Go, HTML, Haml, Haskell, Image, JSON, JSP, Java, JavaScript, LESS, LaTeX, Lisp, Lua, MATLAB, Makefile, Markdown, OCaml, Objective-C, PHP, Pascal, Perl, Plain Text, Prolog, Python, R, Ruby, SQL, Sass, Scala, Scheme, Tcl, Textile, XML, XQuery, YAML
-- Plugins Included --
- AppleScript : Run / Run with Arguments
- Bash : Run / Run with Arguments
- C : Run / Run with Arguments
- C++ : Run / Run with Arguments
- C# : Run / Run with Arguments
- CoffeeScript : Compile
- CSS : Beautify
- HAML : Compile
- HTML : Beautify, Preview, Preview in Browser, Strip HTML Tags, Validate
- Java : Run / Run with Arguments
- JavaScript : Beautify, JavaScript to CoffeeScript, Pack, Run / Run with Arguments
- JSON : Beautify, To XML, Validate
- LESS : Compile
- Lua : Run / Run with Arguments
- Markdown : Preview, Convert to HTML
- Objective-C : Run / Run with Arguments
- Perl : Run / Run with Arguments
- PHP : Run / Run with Arguments
- Python : Run / Run with Arguments
- XML : To JSON
-- And even more.. --
- Regex Editor
- Share your snippets via Gists
- StackOverflow embedded search
- FTP/SFTP support out-of-the-box
- Stick a file to split view
Website:http://osxpeppermint.com
P.S. Your feedback/ideas and comments are more than welcome! :-)
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Brackets is a free Adobe product originally written for HTML. Like several others here it has a great many plug-ins to enhance its capability. I've used it for HTML development and it works great. Can also do many other languages with the plugins. Python, Ruby, etc. It has yet to crash on me. New free upgrades around every 6 months. Windows vs mac for developers.
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How about NetBeans for OS X?
It supports Java, JavaScript, PHP and HTML5.
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