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Do you want to know the best Web Development application that works on all platforms and is FREE!?  But of course, it’s Aptana Studio.

Aptana Studio is a complete IDE for web development.  While it has many great features, I will make a point of my five favorite features.  You can certainly check out all the features Aptana supports at its website.  Here are my favorite features in order of importance.

1. Works across all three platforms. What great freedom to have.  What ever OS you use, you can also use Aptana without any restrictions.  On a future post I will give instructions on how to install Aptana on Linux.
2. Code/Syntax Autocompletion. As a pro, I don’t need a graphical interface to see my design.  I can get right to it with just the bare syntax.  However, as I get old (admittedly so) I tend to forget certain tags, elements and their properties, so code autocompletion is a blessing.  Just start a tag and Aptana gives you a list of all the available tags.  As you continue it gives you the properties the tag supports and the available values.  You will also notice that Aptana displays two browser icons, Firefox and Internet Explorer.  This tells you if the tag or property is supported in that browser.  You can also add other browsers to display as well.
3. Support for multiple Web Platforms. Aptana supports Ajax (also multiple libraries), HTML, DOM, CSS, PHP, Jaxer, Ruby on Rails, Python, Adobe Air, Nokia, iPhone.  So, you want to jump on the iPhone band wagon?  Go right ahead; Aptana supports it!
4. Good Support. All this new web technology can get overwhelming sometimes.  To make it easier for the developer, the folks at Aptana have created, what they call, Aptana TV.  At Aptana TV there are lots of video casts showcasing tutorials and features on the product.
5. Support for open standards. That pretty much says it all there.  There is no the “Aptana way”.  Aptana utilizes open standards and they keep up with new standards.

There it is.  I wanted to make a point that Aptana requires the latest Java Run Time version to run.  As such, it takes a chunk of your memory.  I recommend at least 1Gb on Linux and Windows XP.