Aptana Reviewed

As I stated in an earlier post, I have come across an open source IDE known as Aptana. It is directed towards javascript and AJAX which has recently become a huge interest of mine and other developers.

I gotta say I was impressed from the initial startup of the program. Immediately (although it is cluttered) the program opens with a wide variety of tools and options to assist you in your project.

Not much is left to wonder as it has on screen modules/tools for:

• Validation
• IE & Firefox Preview
• Rails Support
  
• Code Assistance (major plus!!)
• File navigation
• DOM Navigation is amazing and very detailed
• On the fly updates when changes are made

The libraries included with Aptana are large and quite impressive to say the least. From what I see, there are plenty of tools for you to include in your projects, ranging from element fading effects to element positioning and even Flash related scripts.

Although I've only been using it for a day or so it has already shown that it is a powerful IDE. I have read that Aptana can be imported into Eclipse, which should provide a better base for JAVA and PHP programmers. Don't waste anytime, go to www.aptana.com and download this tool. It will definitely make your life a lot easier as a programmer.