A question for those out there who have moved from Windows to Linux or visa-versa. I've been managing a website, and in that time I have grown accustomed to Microsoft WebMatrix for coding with its built-in FTP utility. (I really think of it as Adobe Brackets with the ability to upload all of my changes to the site immediately.) Is there anything like that for Linux? I've tried looking at alternativeto.net--usually an easy check to find similar software, but there are only two options there. Both have 5 or fewer likes. Going through Pinegrow (one of the options) I see LightTable and Aptana. Anyone have any suggestions or something they use that handles both tasks in one program?
The coding side feels like most other IDEs regarding debugging and syntax highlighting. In Webmatrix, you can launch your page in a browser to see immediately what it looks like. If you connect to a remote site (like I do) when you save changes to your work, the files are uploaded to the site.
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1 u/jasotastic [OP] 21 Jul 2015 03:14
A question for those out there who have moved from Windows to Linux or visa-versa. I've been managing a website, and in that time I have grown accustomed to Microsoft WebMatrix for coding with its built-in FTP utility. (I really think of it as Adobe Brackets with the ability to upload all of my changes to the site immediately.) Is there anything like that for Linux? I've tried looking at alternativeto.net--usually an easy check to find similar software, but there are only two options there. Both have 5 or fewer likes. Going through Pinegrow (one of the options) I see LightTable and Aptana. Anyone have any suggestions or something they use that handles both tasks in one program?
2 u/Craftkorb 21 Jul 2015 14:52
Could you explain the work flow?
0 u/jasotastic [OP] 21 Jul 2015 21:26
The coding side feels like most other IDEs regarding debugging and syntax highlighting. In Webmatrix, you can launch your page in a browser to see immediately what it looks like. If you connect to a remote site (like I do) when you save changes to your work, the files are uploaded to the site.