Best ASP.net editor?

What is the best ASP.net editor? - Visual Studio.Net? - Macromedia MX? - Notepad? - Something else?

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Macromedia MX I think..

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The web matrix is pretty nifty. Good tool. I dont necessarily care for some of it's color marking, but I haven't checked to see if it's changeable. I actually use Macromedia MX for all my coding. You might not think it, but the new version has turned out to be a great editor. Total control of code coloring. Plus it can be used for all other web related languages. (i.e. your javascript) PS, no matter what you still might want to grab Web Matrix for it's class browser tool.

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IMHO, it's Vs.NET - it can compile the codebehind into dll, it has a great Help system, Intellisense works great. Unfortunately, it's more expensive than DWMX. You can also try Webmatrix, which is free.

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I use Dreamweaver MX as it has all the colour coding and autocomplete for ASP.NET. However, i used to prefer EditPlus when using standard ASP but as of yet i can't find any decent syntax or autocomplete files to use asp.net with it. If anyone has these files i'd be very grateful for them. Dreamweaver seems extremely heavy on resources and my pc is getting older by the day!

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editplus

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When it comes to code writing my opinion always was that there's not such thing as the good old notepad ;) Basically I hate wizards and automated code generation. They fill the page with dozens of function you barely understand what they really do. Of course Visual Studio is an extremely powerful tool that you could use to build some libraries. When it comes to web design, I use Dreamweaver MX for it's excellent web page design capabilities and I'm writing the code by hand. I guess that I'm using MX just for the code-coloring. If MX had intellisense in classes etc. it would be 100% of what I need. The bottom line is that I don't use VS.NET in web development because it is too complicated with all these codebehinds, shared files blah blah...

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VS.NET ..positive.. i very like it!!!

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i use sharpdevelop for writing my code behind files (www.icsharpcode.com) and i use mx for actual web design development

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For the complete package (editing, compiling, GUI), nothing beats VS.NET, but if you wanna create an aspx file manually, without the benefits of drag and drop capablitity, my vote goes to DreamWeaverMX. Love the color coding, and the FTP capability. But for quick form making, VS.NET is untouchable Kearsor

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Somebody could make a page aspx with vs.net and give it to graphical designer so that the adjustment not from the VS.net but for example with dreamweaver? because to my it does not work, the pages to me done in VS.Net not is easy to edit in Dreamweaver and vice versa

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Then, of course, if you want only VB.Net, single page development, there's ASP Expreses

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for a step above notepad, I like Textpad. It's simply a text editor but it has some color coding and it's in an mdi frame so it's easy to work on several pages simultaneously.

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I use VS.Net for the overall project management and coding, and it is great. BUT, sometimes you only need to make design and other adjustments to the .aspx and/or .ascx pages. Then opening VS.Net can be a little overkill sometimes. I have used Macromedia (Allaire) Homesite since many years and I highly recommend it. With built in color coding, FTP and a lot of other great features, you could hardly wish for more. For .Net work, I have purchased a couple of 3rd party toolbars ($ 20). They pretty much gives you what you need to fill those properties of DataGrids, DataList etc etc. You will find Homesite here: Homesite ..and the Addons here: .Net addons

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It's Visual Studio.NET hands down. Nothing else on the market presents to the user a richer IDE environment. I would suggest using this tool for serious projects. On the other hand, if you just wish to test, learn, the syntax of asp.net, then one should look into Web Matrix. It's IDE closely resemebles VS.NET, and has some great features. And lets not forget that it's a totally free download, so there is no reason to use notepad(unless you're that hard core). So in a nutshell, VS.NET for serious projects, and Web Matrix for testing. You can't go wrong.

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I like WebMatrix. We have Dreamweaver MX at work but I can't see that it buys me anything. Of course, I don't know MX very well...if anyone knows of a short tutorial on building .NET pages with it, I would like to see it.

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Depends on what I want to achieve, the task and my mood: Quick Edit/Code Only ASP.NET, I prefer NoteTab - very versitile MDI and clips as well (no colour coding though but it is free) GUI - I prefer to use Matrix (it is free) .NET Project, component Development - .NET Studio Professionale (Can only afford this because the other two are free downloads).

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Franklt69, in responce to your question about using MX to edit pages. I found that VS.net does a terrible job of handling tables, and will leave them in a state that prevents DreamWeaver from recognizing them well (or Netscape browser's either). We are doing something similar to what you're suggesting, but it is not as smooth as we'd like, and I have to be REALLY careful with the tables if I create the form in vs.NET. One thing that works well is to have the layout done first (at least a draft, with all the controls) in MX, then I do the coding in VS.net, and then it goes back the graphic guys to polish the look and feel.

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For complete projects, VS.NET no questions asked. you get VSS, single IDE, simple debug. It's great but hefty on resources. for quick changes to UI / ASPX, nothing beats notepad.

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As someone with little ASP classic experience struggling to tutor himself in .net (with a lot of help from you kind people), I find that Visual Studio tends to confuse me with its handling of pages with code behind and projects, unlike Dreamweaver MX's single-page editing. However, it seems that if I want to learn the "best practice" methods for creating asp.net apps, using VS.NET will help me more than DW. Also, thanks to everyone who has answered my questions with patience and humor, you've helped me immensely!