HTML/CSS editor for Mac OS X

marios · 2006-06-28 01:48:08

I just stumbled over this article while searching for a javascript. <a href=“http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/06/07/adobe-cs2-breaks-intel-apple-macs/”>That doesn’t really look so good</a> , as I must purchase Photoshop CS 2.
I had tested the trial version with Adobe Bridge on G4/mini and and ran fine without any problems.

regards

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jakob · 2006-06-28 12:39:34

marios wrote

Anybody out there who can put all these links together and write a short article for TXP Mag on Mac Editors?
alexandra, I’ll see what I can come up with…

That would be really good marios. Perhaps you can make it ‘useful tools for txp and the mac environment’ or ‘mac tips for switchers’ (i.e. your networking/synchronisation suggestions – e.g. one local webserver for both platforms). I too will soon get a macbook, and would be very interested. The ability to run windows on it too was actually the clincher as it is my first laptop altogether, and I have some windows software which is not available on the mac (at all afaik – dictionaries, translation management, CAD).

On the CSS front, how does xyle scope compare with topstyle, or is it more comparable to Edit CSS in the firefox dev toolbar.

marios · 2006-06-28 15:16:35

jakob wrote:

marios wrote

Anybody out there who can put all these links together and write a short article for TXP Mag on Mac Editors?
alexandra, I’ll see what I can come up with…

That would be really good marios. Perhaps you can make it ‘useful tools for txp and the mac environment’ or ‘mac tips for switchers’ (i.e. your networking/synchronisation suggestions – e.g. one local webserver for both platforms). I too will soon get a macbook, and would be very interested. The ability to run windows on it too was actually the clincher as it is my first laptop altogether, and I have some windows software which is not available on the mac (at all afaik – dictionaries, translation management, CAD).

On the CSS front, how does xyle scope compare with topstyle, or is it more comparable to Edit CSS in the firefox dev toolbar.

@jacob, you’re much ahead of me, Dave always comes up with these things on his blog when you really need it, and I haven’t checked a while. local inbound Testing will only happen on MAC OS (MAMP), (Currently I still do that on windows), Safe filesharing through NAS, so you can switch back and forth to Topstyle and TextMate. One Harddik will serve as a nightly backup disk, the other one is shared.
To make all this a little bit more interesting it shall all happen on a brand new MAC Mini with full Tiger (no upgrade from Panther)
All the production Server setup later at another stage, VPN, tunnelling form home to the office , DynDNS, etc.

EDIT.: Those are all my old thoughts, without having had the time yet to reconsider any of this (i haven’t red the article yet either)

regards, marios

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Joey · 2006-06-29 09:33:36

For me, the problems on the new macbooks (pros) didn’t stop me from switching. I have my warranty for if something is wrong with my machine. I mean, there is always something wrong with computers, and I think if there’s something wrong, Apple will repair my macbook.

jakob · 2006-06-29 10:46:04

(straying slightly from the topic here, sorry)

Marios, interesting what you write about an NAS Device (also read about a similar setup over at Forty Media). That sounds like a good way of mastering the file sychronisation, backup, printer and multi-platform issues all in one.
Am I right in assuming that they operate independently of any workstations? i.e. you can switch your desktop machine and leave the NAS device running (how silent?), then perhaps access it later via the laptop without having to switch the desktop machine back on etc. Also, does the network slow things down a lot?

Also, do you know of any affordable NAS devices that could act as a local webserver (not just fileserver) for development from both mac and pc? Or does it end up being more economical to have a dedicated machine (e.g. linux box) to do that?

I’m still a beginner at the local network level, so maybe there are other better ways of setting up a small-office multi-platform system?
I’m not sure if I misunderstood you, but does running a local webserver, whether on a MAMP/mac or a XAMPP/windows machine, mean that that computer has to be on all the time? I guess having a local webserver on each machine would also mean having to sync sql databases? It’d be ideal to have one repository for all that, such as on a NAS-device and only use the machine-bound webserver when on the move with the laptop.

EDIT: perhaps something like this: Synology DS106? And here a review by Tom’s Hardware. Just so there’s no mistaking, I have no experience whatsoever of these. A couple more infos on that: According to their FAQ on their swiss site, the webserver settings are not changeable (possibly upgradable through firmware?). You can see the current phpinfo of a setup here (presently Apache with PHP 5.12 / MySQL 4.1.5. One manko it does not seem to include mod_rewrite or virtual directories.

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hcgtv · 2006-06-29 15:51:11

jakob wrote:

Also, do you know of any affordable NAS devices that could act as a local webserver (not just fileserver) for development from both mac and pc? Or does it end up being more economical to have a dedicated machine (e.g. linux box) to do that?

NAS devices tend to be a lot more money than just rolling your own server. If it’s just for web development, then a used PC with 128mb of ram and a 2gb disk is plenty for a slimmed down Linux server.

marios · 2006-06-29 23:20:12

hcgtv wrote:

jakob wrote:

Also, do you know of any affordable NAS devices that could act as a local webserver (not just fileserver) for development from both mac and pc? Or does it end up being more economical to have a dedicated machine (e.g. linux box) to do that?

NAS devices tend to be a lot more money than just rolling your own server. If it’s just for web development, then a used PC with 128mb of ram and a 2gb disk is plenty for a slimmed down Linux server.

Not the NSLU2 Linksys devices, those run on Linux and are cheap (78 Euro was the cheapest I found)
(Hardrives not included)

Because Linksys is CISCO owned now , it has all the underlying technology that’s needed.
It’s just aimed towards the wider consumer market.
(Forget about customer support then, since there isn’t any use to it)

The size is the same of a small digital camera.

The problem is to replace the Firmware, that needs expert advice from people who know Linux well.
Once you are in there, the above mentioned device can be made whatever you can think of, Webserver, etc.

(Disadvantages: Some loss in network-speed, once formated disks can not be accessed just with firewire on your PC anymore, as is)

I have already collected all the resources, and I’ll get some one in to take care of it.

It is small and does not consume a lot of electricity, and why then have an extra clumsy box that bloats you electricity bill ?

regards, marios

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wolfcry911 · 2006-07-05 18:06:00

To get back on topic,
My favorite free text editor is TextWrangler, BBEdit’s younger sibling. It’s definitely worth checking out!

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