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Aptana Web IDE
Earlier this week I was looking for a nice HTML editor for Eclipse to help ease life when using PyDev with a Django project. I didn’t have much luck, other then finding a few syntax coloring tools that were HTML aware. That changed today when I found Aptana: The Web IDE. It’s a free, open source IDE for HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, built on Eclipse (available as a stand-alone application, or an Eclipse plugin) that offers target-browser aware code assist and syntax checking. The site includes some great screencasts to demo the product (and an interesting use of a .tv domain name.)
Though it’s officially unsupported on Eclipse 3.2 (they only support 3.1), it seems to work just fine in my environment.
(Via eHub)
[Minor update: Aptana ran fine on my OS X machine, but crashes hard on my AMD64 Ubuntu Dapper box running Eclipse 3.2.]
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A few books I'm reading now:
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
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Watchmen
-- graphic novel (and an upcoming movie)
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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The Unwritten Laws of Business
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The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do Less And Accomplish More
A few books I'd recommend:
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan -- A fantastic overview of the field of Economics. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson -- a true tale of scientific thinking throughout history. You'll be amazed by how much we still don't know.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- a fun read offering a somewhat different way of looking at society. Answers questions like "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?", and what qualities in a parent matter for the success of a child later in life?
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen. I'm a bit of a GTD freak since reading this, but productivity == $$ (whether you can simply get more work done in a given time, or work less by focusing on the right tasks.)