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I know this has nothing to do with YUI 3 but I would like to know what software you guys are using to develop your websites using YUI 3? I am using Visual Studio 2010 but it is not working that well. It doesn't always bring up all the properties like it should. What does Yahoo use?

I would like to hear as many opinions as possible.

Thanks.

Hello Brendan.

I have been using Vim [1].

As former Aptana contributor, I second Kovacs's suggestion.

Regards,
IceBox

[1] https://github.com/albertosantini/vimfiles

Hello Brendan.

As any IDE, you need to spend a bit of time to learn the powerful of the product.

I liked Aptana because it was based on Eclipse and the integration with YUI was embedded: at the moment it could be a viable option "Eclipse IDE for JavaScript Web Developers" package.

However, generally speaking, an IDE is not so flexible as an editor: you need to find a tradeoff between specific needs and the features of the IDE.

So your mileage may vary depending on your development life cycle and editing habits.
For instance, I have been developing only in js and not in php.

Maybe there are a few open issues, but I am sure Aptana guys will fix them.
In the old forum, before Appcelerator acquisition, I wrote 1000+ posts, contributing to the community.

I came back to Vim because there was a sort of product "lock" between Eclipse, Aptana plugin and YUI releases. I prefer the Vim freedom and I consider vi mode as my alma mater.

Regards,
IceBox

I don't think you'll find any IDE that does YUI3 code completion.

I've been using Aptana3 but I'm finding it less useful by the day. For JavaScript in general JetBrains WebStorm is doing better, but it's not free software. The state of JavaScript tools in general is pretty bad.

Vim and TextMate can be made into decent JS editors by using DoctorJS.

Hi Jeff,

Yes I don't always see the properties and methods that I know should be there. So I am looking for and IDE or editor that can show me all the stuff that I need to see when I type in the . (dot). In otherwords, intellisense.