Aptana IDE

A couple of months ago I was introduced to a web IDE that I had never used before. Of course you have all heard of Dreamweaver and FrontPage but Aptana is different because it is open source and free

Its specialty has developed into AJAX and JavaScript development. JavaScript is one of those few languages that doesn’t seem to have a lot of code assist in IDE’s. This one however gives you full JavaScript support.

As well it supports other unique elements such as easy Rails, iPhone, and Adobe Air development.

It can be a little sluggish as it is built in JAVA and takes a lot of resources, but it does have great power

Recently they just released an AJAX server called JAXER. It is a bit tough to get your head around, but it is supposed to be similar to Tomcat for JSP’s and Servlets. It provides some extra functionality that they have already done for you

View the Aptana website for more information