JAPBE like editor for ASP coding out there?

[Beach]

I have been forced (kicking and screaming) to code a web application in ASP (VBscript specifically). I usually code web apps in PHP and use a editor from DZSoft which is comfortable but still not as good as JAPBE. I really like JAPBE's code complete functionality, good syntax highlighting, and the format syntax guide which pops up when inside a PB function.

Is there anything like this already out there?

I am using HTML-kit at the moment, good editor but I feel like there must be SOMETHING out there better for coding in ASP/VBscript.

[GedB]

I'm afraid the only one I know about is Microsoft's Visual Interdev.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/previous/vinterdev/

It is seriously bloated.

[ColBoy]

I have been forced (kicking and screaming) to code a web application in ASP (VBscript specifically). I usually code web apps in PHP and use a editor from DZSoft which is comfortable but still not as good as JAPBE. I really like JAPBE's code complete functionality, good syntax highlighting, and the format syntax guide which pops up when inside a PB function.

Is there anything like this already out there?

I am using HTML-kit at the moment, good editor but I feel like there must be SOMETHING out there better for coding in ASP/VBscript.

Personally I think ASP is a real turkey. However if you don't mind moving up a step, have a look at ASP.NET, you can get a free development environment here. http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

It's not as intuative as Visual Studio 2003, which is what I use, but you can do some great stuff. If you try it out and like what you see, you can get an exellent book on http://www.sitepoint.com about ASP.NET and it covers VB.NET using WebMatrix. Let me know how you get on.

Colin

[Kale]

I have been forced (kicking and screaming) to code a web application in ASP

Poor Guy! PHP thrashes ASP in power and speed! I'n my last employment we coded frontend for a huge DB containing thousands of multi field entries, PHP outperformed ASP easily. That is when that company switched all focus on PHP and dumped ASP there and then! I think it scares companies off using PHP because its free..., oops, sorry i mean Open Source!

[Beach]

I know... I mainly code most of the apps I do now in PHP - but our corporate coding standard is all Microsoft. This has never been enforced in the past so people usually code with whatever they want. My problem is that what I am doing is going to get allot of attention and I do not want to rock the boat. I already have a reputation of using open source for my apps at corporate (PHP, MySQL, Linux servers) so this will take everyone by surprise.

Thanks for all the info, I think I will just stick with HTML-Kit until this project is over. Using Visual Studio to code an active web page seems to me like using a bulldozer to get a scoop of ice-cream.

[freedimension]

Take a look at PSPad it's not all like jaPBe but it's IMHO far better than HTML-Kit. In the Forum you can download Beta-Versions too (all very stable from my point of view).

Why PSPad ?
- do you work with various programming environments ?
- do you like highlighted syntax in code ?
- do you need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor ?
- are you looking for a tool to work with plain text ?
- do you want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products ?
then PSPad is for you.

PSPad features:
- work with projects
- work on several documents at the same time (MDI)
- Save desktop session to later reopen all open files
- FTP client - you can edit files directly from the web
- macro recorder to record, save and load macros
- search and replace in files
- text difference with color-coded differences highlighted
- templates (HTML tags, scripts, code templates...)
installation contains templates for HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-Dos, Perl,...
- syntax highlighting auto set by file type
- user-defined highlighters for exotic environments
- auto correction
- inteligent internal HTML preview using IE and Mozilla
- full HEX editor
- call external programs, different for each environment
- external compiler with catch command output, log window, log parser for - each environment for "IDE" effect
- color syntax highlight printing and print preview
- integrated TiDy library for formatting and checking HTML code, conversion to CSS, XML, XHTML
- integrated free version of top CSS editor TopStyle Lite
export with highlight to RTF, HTML, TeX format into file or clipboard
- column block select, bookmarks, line numbers, ...
- reformat and compress HTML code, tags char case change
- line sorting with ability to sort on defined column, with option to drop duplicates
- ASCII chart with HTML entities
- Code explorer for Pascal, INI, HTML, XML, PHP, and more in future
spell checker
- internal web browser with APACHE support
- matching bracket highlighting
...

[Beach]

Thanks, PSPad is much better than HTML-Kit! Very nice indeed.

[Dare2]

Heya Beach,

Late response, but for ASP have you tried notepad++ editor? Based on scintilla, and comes with source so you can mod it if you want.

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/

[Beach]

Thanks! That one is a good editor as well.

I have been tearing it up with PSPad though, I think that one is the cat's pajamas for VBscript/ASP pages. It has a multi-highlighter feature that separates the VBscript code and the HTML code, which makes it much easier to edit.

Thanks again!