Aptana Studio for Mac

Product summary

Aptana Studio is a full-featured integrated development environment tailored for modern web applications. Built on the Eclipse platform, it bundles a wide assortment of tools developers need for building, testing, and deploying web projects across multiple languages and platforms.

Languages, frameworks, and libraries

• JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for front-end development
• PHP for server-side scripting
• Python as a backend option
• Ruby on Rails for rapid web application development
• Jaxer for server-side JavaScript execution
• Prototype and jQuery for AJAX-driven interfaces

Core editor capabilities

• Advanced debugging tools to step through and troubleshoot code
• Context-aware code completion and other coding aids
• Syntax highlighting across supported languages for readability
• An integrated DOM inspector to examine and manipulate page structure

Connectivity and deployment options

• Secure file transfer support including SFTP and FTPS (also supports traditional FTP)
• Integration with Aptana’s cloud hosting services for deployment
• Targets for building apps on platforms such as iPhone and Adobe AIR

Collaboration and version control

• Subversion (SVN) integration for repository workflows
• CVS support for legacy version control systems

Alternative recommendation

Consider PyCharm Professional as an alternative IDE when your work emphasizes Python and full-featured web framework support. It provides deep Python tooling, web development features, and professional-grade integrations (note: PyCharm Professional is a commercial product).