Aptana – Making FTP in Eclipse better!
While its kinda funny but good all at the same time; Generally I like using Dreamweaver for an IDE but when away from my computer I don't have use of it, so I look and I try all sorts of different IDEs. One I like which isn't a IDE per say but has the support for it is Eclipse...
The downfall to Eclipse for me is the lack of FTP support. While you can get a plugin for WebDAV and FTP; it is not very good, it works but it bothers me because it does work how I would like it too ^_^
One I kind of used off and on was PSPad, not exactly what i like FTP wise but you are able to open a file off a FTP Server and edit it in temporary space and when saved it saves back to the server, nice and simple but still lacking.
So I looked some more and I don't know how i kept missing it over and over and over again. I found Aptana, it geared towards AJAX but the nice thing about Aptana Studio is that you can download it as a standalone application or as a plugin for Eclipse. Aptana also has addins for PHP, Ruby on Rails, Adobe AIR, and Apple iPhone development.
But my favorite part is the built in support for FTP AND SFTP! similar that of Dreamweaver... but free and in Eclipse.
GO CHECK IT OUT NOW! It's open source and FREE!
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