Ultraedit – great text editor

Posted by robbiebow on 13 October, 2006 under geek | Be the First to Comment

I was pointed in the direction of this text editor a few years back and have loved it since. It really is a Programmers Editor and provides all the functionality I need for writing Perl, HTML and JavaScript along with some neat built-in tools such as S/FTP, ability to create projects, code folding and such like. It’s more powerful than the standard text editor but not as constraining as a full blown IDE. As a Windows/Linux crossover developer (I like my Windows desktop) this is the right tool for the job.

It has support for several languages, and adding / editing the tag lists is a matter of editing a plain text file, so you could add anything you like in there.

Reasonably priced, reliable and useful.

Handy MySQL Administration Application

Posted by robbiebow on 10 October, 2006 under geek | Be the First to Comment

Just thought I’d mention SQLYog here because it’s a fantastic MySQL interface. It gives you lots of handy features and automates many common tasks. Personally, I find it more robust and useful than the ubitquitous phpMyAdmin and far more useable than the only comparable tool for SQL Server that I know of, Enterprise Manager.

It comes with a freeware version and licences for the payware versions are not that pricey at all. If you use MySQL to any degree, you should give SQLYog a try. You’ll probably like it.