Bought an iMac, now what?
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- seeessess0
Jeez, chill out people. It's only a computer which needs some software so I can build websites in my kitchen/diner. Got pc's already (x3), with 1 being my main web-dev machine. The main pc is upstairs though, and it's a bit unsociable me being up there all the time when my wife & son are downstairs.
Those who posted links and advice, I really appreciate them, thanks!
- p.s. the reason I went mac was purely the aesthetics of the machine which fitted in with my kitchen/diner just lovely.seeessess
- boobs0
Did you get your Cool Card® with it?
- rizm0
If the reason is just the aesthetics of the machine then why do you make all of us recommend you software? You could have sufficed using Bootcamp.
And we could have spend our time flicking through the chick of the day posts.
- I want to carry on building sites in my kitchen/diner, as explained. It's shit sitting up stairs on the pc all night.seeessess
- mekk0
Why did you switch to mac? Use Aptana or NetBeans for your Web Projects.
OpenOffice? Please..
- Boz0
I hate when people shit on things they don't know how to use.. it just shows them as retarded, angry, uneducated and other things..
As many Apple fanboys, they live in the 2000 world where Dreamweaver was generating some automatic shit and the hate comes from that period. In reality they have no clue what DW is capable today but as any asshole they have an opinion on it. It blows my mind really how someone can be retarded like that..
It's funny though, it mostly comes from uneducated Apple fanboys who only got to use one thing and they can't shift away from it.
I fucking hate people like that.. EDUCATE yourself and then your opinion might count for something. That goes for both you animatedgif and ernexbcn.
Now when I'm done addressing ignoramuses.
Seeessess, listen, I told you to try Dreamweaver for several important things that they do better than almost anything out there.
1. Code Editor is fantastic. I write stuff by hand too. I barely ever use WYSIWYG aspect of it (but it does come in handy so many times because you can select elements in an html page super quickly instead of running through the piles of code). Auto-completion, tag collapsing and grouping, parent/child tag selection, HTML5, CSS3, JS, PHP and other things in an editor are just ace. It helps A LOT writing code and saving time.
2. FTP and site management is probably the best I've seen. FTPS and FTPeS support.
3. For static sites, you can define Library items and Templates. If you build pages, you can mark a segment of your code as library item and just drag and drop it into the new page you are writing as library item and later when you want to update everything site-wise DW will do it automatically for you. This works for code, for CSS, for HTML elements, for images etc etc.. Insanely helpful and tremendously saves time.
4. DW can now generate Android and iPhone apps directly from it via PhoneGap
5. Live support for JQuery Mobile.. you write it and you see it appear in the live preview as an app. Already mention, fantastic CSS editor with auto-completion and CSS media queries and templates.
6. Direct access to databases.. Connect directly from Dreamweaver to mySQL, SQL or other databases and see all fields, drag and drop them, do queries to see data in a property panel and so much more. I can't tell you how valuable this is when building database driven sites. It doesn't matter if you use CodeIgniter or other PHP frameworks, you really don't need a 3rd party app for just quickly looking at your database structure, it's insanely useful.
8. As far as compatibility debugging and previewing pages it comes with W3C validator, integration with Adobe BrowserLab right in the editor that allows you to view your page and then see how it would look emulated if you ran the same page in IE, FF, Safari and all different versions of browsers on different platforms without the need of having those browsers running on your machine. Not to mention it has live preview/view that is being rendered by webkit engine now so you can see changes immediately as you write code rendered by webkit.
9. Multiscreen support, asset management, complete site loca/server synchronization, File cloaking, Version Control (check-in/check-out) etc
And so many other things that make you so productive, fast and just joy to write code but also design.
I have used all editors from Textmate to Coda to Aptana and man.. nothing comes even close to Dreamweaver and how fast i do shit there and how much it helps me do stuff as you write really.
- You should get a job selling man :o) Good info though, in all honestly I gave up dreamweaver years ago...seeessess
- ... but haven't even looked at it since. May be food for thought!seeessess
- I am with Boz on this one. Tried Coda and TextMate, even Espresso, still nothing was as versatile as DWscruffics
- calling other people uneducated retards because they have an opinion just makes you sound like a prickmonospaced
- You fail to make an argument without generalized insults and it makes you seem no better than those you beratemonospaced
- 3030
I use Aptana Studio 3 on Mac and switched over to Visual Studio 2010 and Web Developer Express. I wish there was a Mac version :|
- bliznutty0
i'd now suggest a pair of these thigh-high rainbow stockings and some vagisil
- animatedgif0
Boz, we all know that no one uses WYSIWYG view in DW anymore.
The code editor is alright on it but it's not even close to other much cheaper software. I suppose it's decent if you don't want to/can't learn how to use a real text editor with rich scripting support like Textmate/e-text editor/Vi/emacs.
But for people who want a more powerful and SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper workflow, they can get 90% of what you just listed in other editors coupled with open source software (e.g Jekyll for static site templates) and a decent FTP client.
As for point 8, Textmate can validate my HTML at a touch of a key, it pretty much pioneered webkit live preview, also I don't need to emulate multiple browsers because at a touch of a key it can refresh Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE8 and IE7 all at the same time (The last 2 running inside virtual machines), much better than some static shots sent back from Adobe HQ.
- being able to do the same thing and being cheaper does not make them better. Yes, it's cheaper, yes the newer versions of other editors come close to some of these capabilities but the way they work and how Dreamweaver also integrates with other things is nowhere close. I would say it's the same argument you would make against Windows vs Macs.. can you do same software on a Mac as you would on PC? Sure, but it's the way you use Mac is something that will make you never use Windows again right? So this is the same thing...Boz
- versions of other editors come close to some of these capabilities but the way they work and how Dreamweaver also integrates with other things is nowhere close. I would say it's the same argument you would make against Windows vs Macs.. can you do same software on a Mac as you would on PC? Sure, but it's the way you use Mac is something that will make you never use Windows again right? So this is the same thing with DW.Boz
- also integrates with other things is nowhere close. I would say it's the same argument you would make against Windows vs Macs.. can you do same software on a Mac as you would on PC? Sure, but it's the way you use Mac is something that will make you never use Windows again right? So this is the same thing with DW.Boz
- vs Macs.. can you do same software on a Mac as you would on PC? Sure, but it's the way you use Mac is something that will make you never use Windows again right? So this is the same thing with DW.Boz
- that will make you never use Windows again right? So this is the same thing with DW.Boz
- ernexbcn0
Bozaroide you think I'd talk about DW without ever using it?
Boz you are QBN grounded.
- Yes I do.. I think like a lot of other things, you just opened it, you saw some behaviors or you used it like 1% of what it can do and you started shitting on it. There isn't a single person who uses DW to the maximum extent that will say bad things about DW. It's just great. Does it have it's own bugs? Sure, but it still has the most advanced features out of any editor out there.Boz
- and you started shitting on it. There isn't a single person who uses DW to the maximum extent that will say bad things about DW. It's just great. Does it have it's own bugs? Sure, but it still has the most advanced features out of any editor out there.Boz
- about DW. It's just great. Does it have it's own bugs? Sure, but it still has the most advanced features out of any editor out there.Boz
- thereBoz
- I have used the thing since the 1st version came out, stop assuming shit on behalf of everyoneernexbcn
- obviously you are holding it wrong.Boz
- elahon0
1Password
http://agilebits.com/onepassword…For storing all sorts of sensitive info. One of my most used daily apps across the board.
- Boz0
Watch out for these :) They are popping out everywhere
- Not really looked into security. What's installed? What should I get?seeessess
- p.s. seen a ton of this on pc with google image searchseeessess
- http://gizmodo.com/5…jaylarson
- animatedgif0
Yeah Macs are unfortunately not as safe as they used to be, just gotta be smart and only type your password in when you really trust the application. In the case of that ^ it's the old trick of the fake virus checker in a web browser that when you click removes downloads a .pkg which installs the malware.
Still need to enter your password though.
As for mac virus software I use ClamXav and iAntivirus to check things I find suspicious. Yet to find anything though
- sherm0
In my opinion, these will get you running nicely and efficiently with web dev.
TECH
Ruby $ sudo apt-get install ruby-full
HAML http://haml-lang.com/
SASS http://sass-lang.com/
CoffeeScript http://jashkenas.github.com/coff…
Sinatra http://www.sinatrarb.com/Editors
vim
textmate
gedit& MAMP
+ learning how to use the console greatly speeds things up also
- Boz0
When was the last update to TextMate btw? 2008?
Are they even updating (improving) that editor?
- akrok0
TIMES UP!!!!!!!!!!!
WE NEED YOU TO RETURN THE IMAC, NOW!
