Can anyone suggest the best free online web development IDE?
The IDE should be free, run inside a web browser (no additional software or plugins), FTP support to upload the solution to the web server, code highlighting for PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript as well as intelligent code suggestion (auto-complete option) and function parameter hinting.
When I say free, I also mean solutions that provide a one user free package, even if multiple user packages are paid.
I am aware of codeanywhere.com web application, which is a good tool, but would like to hear about other suggested alternatives.
I think you can consider for web development (PHP,CSS,HTML, JAVASCRIPT) the simple Notepad++ . It is easy, small, customizable and for an immediate development. It integrates also the FTP support. I work on Notepad++, it is a free editor based on Scintilla (OpenSource) and it is a good enviroment.
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Notepad%2B%2B_as_basic_IDE
How about using the web browsers 'Developer Tools' ? They are the best for debugging HTML, CSS, JQuery and JavaScript. I support Vito's answer that you will still need something like notepad++ if coding on windows or gedit, kwrite, vim if on a nix platform.
Dear colleagues,
Regarding your answers to my question. I am a web developer and personally I prefer to use NetBeans or JetBrains PhpStorm for web development.
However, my question was specifically for a web based (cloud if you will) IDE for web development. Meaning, the editor is not an architecture or platform specific software that has to be installed on the OS, but rather a web application for modern web browsers which includes an editor (with code highlight, code completion and method parameter hinting) and FTP or sFTP connection capability in order to connect to a remote server.
Notepad++ is a good solution, but is a desktop application, not a web application.
I am aware of codeanywhere.com web application, which is a good tool, but would like to hear about other suggested alternatives.
This link may help you:
http://www.slant.co/topics/713/compare/~codenvy_vs_codeanywhere_vs_cloud9
Thank you, the list. Cloud9 seems all right. I will test it to see if it meets the requirements for the project.
CodeAnywhere is also a good one.
Cross-platform with FTP capabilities.
https://codeanywhere.net
I think the best tools for web design and development are offline tools simply the combination of Sublime Text editor + Google Chrome Developer toolbar!
@Sadegh Narimani: I agree. For web development on computers where you have the ability to install additional tools, this is great, but sometimes, you have to work on seminars and teach in classrooms where workstations are pretty much locked down and being allowed to have any software additionally installed (even Notepad++) is impossible.
This is why I am asking explicitly for a web based IDE for web development. For situations where the workstation that students will be using has only the office suite and a web browser installed. For this reason, I am asking for a web based solution.
If it were for me personally, for professional web development, I wouldn't even be considering a web based solution, as I prefer to have my own workstation set up and configured with tools I feel comfortable using.
Thank you. Ideally, I would like to be able to find a solution where every student in the group (up to 40) can sign up for a free single user web based IDE.
Thank you for your suggestions.
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