Aptana
| File:Aptana.png | |
 Aptana running on Windows XP, showcasing its coding assistance features | |
| Developer(s) | ??? |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.31 Beta
/ July 22, 2006 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | HTML editor |
| License | EPL v1.0 |
| Website | www.aptana.com |
Aptana is a cross-platform, free and (soon) open source JavaScript-focused Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for building dynamic web applications. It includes coding assistance features for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, an outliner of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code structure, error and warning notification and the possibility to customize and extend the UI.
Besides standalone versions for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux, Aptana is available as a plugin for Eclipse — with which it, nevertheless, bears many resemblances both in aspect and funcionality.
It is also possible to configure Aptana to edit PHP, ASP or other not (yet) supported file types[1]
Features
These are the features offered by Aptana as of the 0.31 Beta version:
Code Assist
Code Assist is the name of Aptana's feature of completing code statements, by presenting a pop-up with either:
- the supported arguments for the function call begin coded;
- the supported properties and methods on the desired object.
This applies both to built-in functions/methods and to those already coded by the programmer — but the latter use requires documenting such functions/methods with ScriptDoc[2], a documentation dialect similar to that used by Javadoc.[3]
Browser support
The aforementioned Code Assist feature includes information on browser support for JavaScript methods/properties, HTML elements and CSS properties.[4]
Outliner
The Outliner, or Outline View, gives the programmer a structured, hierarchical view of the JavaScript, HTML, or CSS file being edited.[5]
Notes
External links
- Aptana - official site
- Aptana with Ubuntu - information on how to get Aptana running on Ubuntu
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