Web Development options on MAC

So uhh... I have a simple question, and i ask that there be no flaming in anyway whatsoever

i have been working in web develpoment for the past couple years, and although i have and will always do my main work on my big windows machine at home, I would like to experiment with a mac powerbook for doing some work also on the road. My question is, php is my main forte, and I am hoping to get some outside opinions on the software options I have on the mac vs. widows:

1. How well does Dreamweaver on mac integrate with Dreamweaver on the PC (i will be sharing my files on a jumpdrive between machines).

2. Can I code in anyother languages on mac besides php/html/js? i know dreamweaver supports asp/asp.net, but i am wondering if anyone knows of any good development IDE software other than macromedia that can be used for web development.

I know its kind of a broad question and might be in the wrong forum, but I really would like to get some peoples opinions on web dev software on the mac. I will not need to code Coco.

thanks in advance

1. I have never had problems with Dreamweaver files from Mac to Windows and the other way around. Check the version you will by for Mac for compatiablity.

2. You can code any language you want on a mac, its the complier that will cause you problem. On asp you will need a server that has ASP therefore a windows server to test your programming. but writting it will be no problem. I would still recommend to have a windows machine close by for testing and compability issues.

I can only suggest dreamweaver (only if you write your own code, i dont like any wysiwyg editors.

for doing php, i only use SubEthaEdit and maybe an ftp/sftp program like fugu or cyberduck

and with php, its already installed with apache on 10.3 (10.2 doesn't have php, but you can download it from http://www.entropy.ch/home/), just enable web sharing in sharing to turn the server on (i think on 10.3 you might have to uncomment the php line in your httpd.conf to have php)

I'm new to this forum. Just wanted to add that perl makes a great Mac web development language also. All of CPAN is there to back you up, and you don't need any special tools (I use BBedit though).

Your choice of DBs too. PostgreSQL compiles just fine.

I'd second that, personally I'm very fond of CGI for web development; I like to see the stuff that usually happens behind the scenes with PHP & ASP.

You can also use Xcode for writing CGI stuff which is pretty cool however It's probably overkill. I would go with SubEthaEdit anyway.

Mark.

i've always used a mac with dreamweaver. i've seen the PC version of dreamweaver, and it's basically the same as mac. you can write any code in a simple text editor, however, if you are looking for syntax highlighting, i like dreamweaver, and BBedit.

for web development, if you're looking to take a step away from macromedia, check out GoLive from adobe, even though it's not as good as dreamweaver.

hope this helped.