Which App do you recomend?

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Joined: Jun 2001

I am interested in using PHP in my website (and maybe other server-side dependant languages) later. Can you help me figure out what program i could use to help me create webpages laced with those type of languages? For example, would Macromedia Ultra Dev be a good program, or something else?

Thanks for your time! Sticking out tongue

DizzE

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Joined: Feb 2000

If you do it by hand:

ultraedit.com
htmlvalidator.com

Also, there are professional suites available for all sorts of programming languages. ColdFusion Studio for cold fusion, there's one for VB/ASP, there are two or three for Perl, et cetera. They have different pieces, some check syntax, some help with other functions of programming (planning).

If you're just learning PHP, I'd recommend a coloured syntax text editor like the ones above.

Suzanne

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Joined: Feb 2001

The two Suzanne mentioned a good choices, though I generally use Homesite and/or vi. Keep in mind that these are not WYSIWYG editors like DW. They require that you actually learn the language. To learn PHP, there are several good sites on the web and some good books.

Good sites;
http://www.phpbuilder.com
http:/www.devshed.com
http://www.weberdev.com
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
http://www.zend.com

Good book;
PHP and MySQL Web Development
by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson

Mark Irving
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