I found myself coming back to KDE4 for my web development after attempting to use OS X. Nothing can really beat Kate, Konsole, and Plasma. Under OS X, I attempted to use a program called TextWrangler(available in the Mac App Store), and at first it seemed like it could work, but it didn't like it's layout, session management, and remote files. Kate on the other hand has session management built right in, and has been included in many versions of Kate. Plasma includes a nice Kate session launcher to make it a snap to create and load sessions with minimal effort. So far I haven't found a similar solution for either OS X or Windows without porting Kate over. Under OS X, the Terminal works very similar to how Konsole works, however the menu bar is much closer, and supports proper keyboard keys, such as Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, it's just a more compatible VT-100 terminal. Under OS X, managing files to be edited and creating new files is a headache, TextWrangler works a little, but not as simple as how Plasma makes creating and editing files. Plasma has a really nice widget called a Folder View. This widget allows any directory, local or remote to appear on the desktop and fully interacted with. You can create new empty text files, and folders. You can even traverse the nested directories without pressing a button or even opening a new window! This feature alone makes it one the best tools available on KDE4 for development. I can easily find a new file to edit, then drag and drop it directly into kate for editing. No mess, no fuss, no backward buttons to finick with. This is why I personally prefer KDE4 as my development platform of choice, it just makes all the management tasks feel like childs play. I will soon create a YouTube video on the differences between a OS X, Windows, and KDE4 development pentagram. Then I'll let you be the judge on what looks better for a developer to use. |
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KDE4 and developmentposted Jul 27, 2011 3:08 PM by Kevin Veroneau |