We’re getting ready to start handing out homework assignments for the folks coming to BloodhoundBlog Unchained in Phoenix.
As has been noted, my piece of the program will entail doing hard-headed stuff at the server level.
To do that work, students will need a web browser, which everyone has, but they’ll also need an FTP client and a text editor — ideally a true programmer’s editor.
I live in the Macintosh world. I’ve been using Fetch for FTP and various editions of BBEdit for text editing since the mid-1980s.
But, obviously, most of the folks coming to Unchained will be running Windows — as will I, for that matter, since I don’t have a Mac laptop.
So: I need advice.
What’s a Windows FTP client worth having? I don’t need security, but the ability to open multiple sessions in multiple windows would be great. Right now I use FileZilla and mostly hate it.
And what’s a worthwhile programmer’s editor? I haven’t looked at eMacs in years, but I remember not loving it much back when DOS was still the boss.
Price range? I’d love free, but cheap is not the end of the world. Flexibility and ease of use matter, too.
So guide me. What should I be looking at?
Bill Ruppert says:
I use EditPlus 3 (editplus.com) – cheap, fast, code folding, syntax coloring, very flexible. I mainly program in Perl, can check syntax (perl -c) and run from within the editor.
I use Ipswitch’s WS_FTP pro. I use their ftp sync utility to upload changes from local machine to website. Not in love overall though.
April 2, 2009 — 8:31 pm
Greg Swann says:
Excellent. Thanks. I’ll give ’em a look.
April 2, 2009 — 8:43 pm
Scott Cowan says:
I’ve been using Core FTP Lite which is free. It’s doing everything I want (especially after our failures at REBarCamp Seattle) I am still looking for a good editor though…
April 2, 2009 — 8:57 pm
Brian Sparr says:
FireFTP is a Firefox extension that works great. It opens as a new tab in your browser and allows for drag and drop uploads.
April 2, 2009 — 9:52 pm
Eric Blackwell says:
I have used WS_FTP and Cute http://FTP... I currently, like Scott Cowan, use CoreFTP Lite and like it OK. I am always open to new ideas on FTP clients as well!
Eric
April 3, 2009 — 3:40 am
Claudio Cossio says:
For the client side.
I would recommend the students install XAMPP. Which includes everything and they can test locally, it has all.
FTP.
Web Server.
Data Base.
As for the Editor.
There are a couple of good ones. This is a good post.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/07/35-useful-source-code-editors-reviewed/
my personal favorites:
Scriptly.
http://scriptly.webocton.de/9/34/start/englishpage.html
HTML-Kit.
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
April 3, 2009 — 4:02 am
Cheryl Johnson says:
For FTP, I use WS_FTP: Free trial, then $34.95. Very easy to use interface.
For a code editor, I use HomeSite: Free trial, then $99.00.
If I wasn’t so thoroughly accustomed to using HomeSite, I might be tempted to download TextPad: Free trial, then $30.00.
April 3, 2009 — 4:14 am
Cheryl Johnson says:
P.S. WS_FTP by default, only opens one window… it can be configured to open multiple windows by editing Windows registry (so that may not be something you want to inflict on attendees ).
To set the registry to run multiple instances of WS_FTP:
Open the Registry Editor and locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\WS_FTP\AllowMultipleInstances
Change the AllowMultipleInstances value from 0 to 1, then click OK.
0 sets WS_FTP to allow only one instance per computer.
1 sets WS_FTP to allow multiple instances of WS_FTP per computer.
April 3, 2009 — 4:20 am
bmd says:
I’ve used ws_ftp for years..I believe they charge for it now…used to be shareware.
A nice, free editor is Notepad++
-Brian
April 3, 2009 — 9:41 am
Doug Quance says:
I use BlazeFTP, which has multiple panes in it (not that I’ve had a reason to use them). It’s free.
http://download.cnet.com/BlazeFtp/3000-2160_4-10068293.html
I also use the Crimson Editor, which is also free.
http://download.cnet.com/Crimson-Editor/3000-2352_4-10031858.html
April 3, 2009 — 10:39 am
Al Lorenz says:
Like Scott, I use Coreftp lite. It is free, supports multiple sessions. It has worked fine for anything I need.
April 3, 2009 — 1:08 pm
Tom Royce says:
I am still an old school advocate for WS_FTP pro. It is scriptable, handles multiple sessions and sites, and also allows you to sync directories.
April 3, 2009 — 6:31 pm
Dave G says:
ws_ftp pro (looks like everyone agrees)
notetab pro
April 3, 2009 — 6:39 pm
Joshua Hanoud says:
I’m kinda diggin SmartFTP – I forget what it costs but it works well and is cheap enough.
For html editing I use GoLive CS2 – not that it’s fantastic and worth every penny…it’s just what I have and works well. I also use Notepad fairly often if i’m just doing quick edits.
April 3, 2009 — 8:28 pm