Aptana Studio just updated to version 1.5, this means great things for the native linux users! Now all you need to do is simply extract the tar some place and run the AptanaStudio script. For my purposes I extracted the tar to my desktop then:
sudo mv ~/Desktop/Aptana\ Studio\ 1.5/ /usr/local/aptana
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/aptana/AptanaStudio /usr/local/bin/aptana
Now you can run Aptana Studio by typing ‘aptana’ in your terminal or create a nice menu icon for the program. Happy developing!
[...] UPDATE: With the new Aptana Studio these directions are obsolete, see here. [...]
Is this that much better than Eclipse or is it just nice because so many things are configured for you already?
Its an eclipse plugin that can be run as a stand-alone IDE. The advantage to using aptana for me is code completion with some of the fancy ‘ajax’ JavaScript libraries that can sometimes be difficult to navigate.
you rock!!! thanx!!