So as I’ve mentioned in many of my other posts, I’ve been using linux for the last couple of years. I’ve found that there are a number of editors available and everybody has their own preference. Ultimately, the best editor depends on what your goals are for the editor. It’s hard to get ahold of the complete package with an open-source solution. Especially, if you want something you can open and use immediately, without much of a tutorial.

I primarily use these editors for PHP, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, SQL, HTML and CSS.

I have used the following editors, so I’ll cover my experiences with them briefly.

So I’ve found a great script for sorting HTML tables. It’s very easy to install, customize and integrate. the name of the script is tablekit.js. It’s written by millstream and you can find and download the javascript, stylesheet and default gif images from http://www.millstream.com.au/view/code/tablekit.

It’s a simple integration, just follow these instructions:

While I’m always learning new techniques, some of these have been around for quite a while. I have found some common issues with W3C compliance and XHTML. Most are simple case-sensitivity issues.

First, I feel the need to remind you that the XHTML 1 DOCTYPE is very similar to HTML 4. The internet gods are no longer building on HTML 4. Moving forward, updates will be done to the XHTML DOCTYPE. It’s also important to understand there are 3 types of XHTML 1: Strict, Transitional and Frameset. For the purposes of this post, I will be referring to the Strict Doctype. I personally prefer this doctype as it tends to lead to the best cross-browser friendliness.

Well, I’ve finally found a well-written, easy to use prototype/scriptaculous based Javascript Calendar. It’s as simple as adding .js and .css files to your site, and specifying a class for the html text input that you would like to populate with these fields.

The calendar is specifically designed to be used as a date-picker so that dates within html forms are formatted correctly by end users. The script is called DatePicker and is written by coders at http://www.frequency-decoder.com.

To Start, you just have to upload the js and css files to the website in a web-accessible directory, for the purposes of this example, those directories is ‘/assets/js/’ and ‘/assets/css/’ accordingly.

Let’s start off with an introduction. If you made it here, you most-likely already know who I am. With a previous employer, my responsibility was to manage various web projects; which includes, the project management, personnel management and the actual higher level programming required. I’m still in the industry, but no longer am employed by a web hosting firm. Enough about my past, please allow me to explain my experience.

I started out building projects using Coldfusion and picked up some fusebox along the way. Since I started in the industry, I’ve advanced my knowledge of coldfusion to include object oriented programming, in that case using Coldfusion Components. I also started using Javascript; including the prototype and scriptaculous libraries to integrate many advanced features, such as Edit in Place, AJAX, etc.

After a while, I started looking into other frameworks. I found that Ruby on Rails has a substantial advantage to programmers looking to build using O.O. (Object Oriented) Theory. This was a great framework for smaller applications, but found that in larger scale applications it requires more overhead. I had a lot of difficulty with garbage collection.

I now primarily build in PHP, using classes and functions for content management. While with Coldfusion, I was using SQL Server 2000; I now primarily build using MySQL as the database server. I also build using table-less HTML to meet w3c standards that require tables to only be used for tablular data.

Well, thats enough of an intro on me. As time progresses, I’m certain that everybody will learn a lot more about my talents and experience as I look forward to sharing those details. If you found my support helpful, please help our sponsors out through the google ads as they help to cover our hosting fees. Both myself and the companies appreciate it!