Do you write html in notepad?

[chili5]

Again with the VWD Here's a reason not to get it, it's made by Microsoft. Jk, VWD is actually really good and for an express version it's amazing.

Only if it could work with MySQL and PHP.

[|pH|]

Eh, I got Filezilla for my FTP server.

[Xav]

Yes, but VWD can let you edıt and save to FTP at real-tıme! You can't use Fılezılla as an IDE as well as an FTP Clıent!

[chili5]

Yeah that's one thing about VWD that is better than notepad++ is the built in FTP. I still find filezilla quite quick. Notepad++ and filezilla work really well together, and they both work on a USB drive. My web server also works on a USB drive, and the mail server. Ok both web servers and mail servers work on USB drives along with notepad++ and filezilla

[G_Morgan]

What do you need FTP in an IDE for, Version Control? Surely a proper VCS is preferable there, I tend to use Mercurial. VS has support for SourceSafe IIRC (SourceSafe sucks but I'd take that over raw FTP).

[Xav]

I need FTP to dırectly edıt web pages on the server. I tend not to keep much local.

[G_Morgan]

Originally Posted by Xav

I need FTP to dırectly edıt web pages on the server. I tend not to keep much local.

I test so often that an extraordinary amount of my time would be taken up if I FTP'd a site with every revision. I tend to test my code after every meaningful modification (with a commit to a local VCS if it satisfies). The alternative is the coding charge with a massive debugging run. Dealing with all those interacting changes at once would drive me over the edge.

I find it easier to set up Apache + MySQL on the development machine.

[TcM]

I tend to use FileZilla and open the webpages from the FTP (it download them, I edit, I save, it uploads again)

[Xav]

Understandable, but a lot of work ıf you're constantly edıtıng.

[chili5]

I use filezilla also but because I do almost all my work on my computer. Using XAMPP and without it, I don't need to use FTP often.