i've used alot of IDE's out there and here is my thoughts on them.

Frontpage - great for writing html, its kind of like notepad , it runs quick and gets small jobs done.

Dreamweaver - can be slow, great for html, and css

ExpressionWeb - very good for designing tables and css and coding nice web 2.0 layouts. no other use

PHP Designer - has a code intelisense(whatever its called) basic layout which i love. works quickly , doesnt like like most others.

Zend Studio - too many buttons, laggy software, at first i found this software to be very cool then when i saw php designer zend studio looked useless to me. too much for no reason.

Notepad - great for writing up fast scripts, studying, practicing, and getting to know the code blindfolded and great for troubleshooting.

VisualStudio - laggy software, connecting to a sql database or even trying to code it laggs. so i find it to be dumb. then there is the asp or asp.net coding for it which asp or asp.net is dumb because it reliese on a windows platform. so anywho...

if i missed any let me know.

my winners are: PHP Designer + Notepad

I like an IDE that looks basic while having all accessable buttons, views to me anything else is dumb. thats why i chose what i chose.

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