IDE 101: 5 Open Source Web Development Tools — Vim and Its Kin — Application Development Trends.
It takes the right tools to do the job right. When it comes to writing code, it’s important to consider both the needs of the job and the preferences of individual developers. Comfort and familiarity make long sessions in front of the screen that much more productive.
Here are six open source IDEs you may not know about. All of these tools have Unix/Linux roots, but they’re all highly configurable and run on a variety of platforms, from various flavors of Linux to Mac OS, Solaris, Windows and even handheld devices.