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I'm looking for IDE products (Integrated Development Environments) geared towards Web Development, for OS X. Specifically, I would need it to support:

  • Ruby on Rails and/or
  • Python

  • PHP (least important)

  • Debugging (in the browser, and with the ability to set breakpoints and step through code - debugging support is essential)

  • Customizable Syntax Highlighting for all supported languages
  • Publish/Deploy (preferred but not essential)

These are just the most important features I can think of right now, but I would like to list ones that I am not or no longer interested in:

I can't remember the other ones I don't like. I don't really care how unpopular an IDE is, if you think it's worth mentioning, please do.

Also, it should be free, or at-least have a trial version/shareware version.

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    You should describe your criteria. Why did you reject the products on your list? Stack Exchange Question/Answers are meant to be a valuable nugget of thoughtful info, like a Wikipedia page, not a passing-thought forum thread.
    – Basil Bourque
    Jul 18, 2015 at 3:41
  • You should link any mentioned product, or at least mention the publisher or full title.
    – Basil Bourque
    Jul 18, 2015 at 3:42
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    Please note that "list-type" questions/answers are frowned upon on pretty much all SE sites. You will probably end up using one product anyway (and not multiple). Plus, we usually are not recommending "the worst", so no need to ask for "the best"; both are pretty subjective: what's best for you might be worst for someone else :) I've adjusted your question slightly to better match this site, hope you don't mind. Good luck!
    – Izzy ♦
    Jul 18, 2015 at 12:50

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You should take a look at the Eric IDE:

From your list:

  • Mac - Yes & Windows & Linux
  • Ruby on Rails and/or Python PHP (least important) - Written for Ruby & Python
  • Debugging (in the browser, and with the ability to set breakpoints and step through code - debugging support is essential) - Yes
  • Customizable Syntax Highlighting for all supported languages - Yes
  • Publish/Deploy (preferred but not essential) - You may need to add a plugin

More:

  • Spell Check
  • Style Check
  • VCS integration for CVS, Subversion and Mercurial via plugins
  • Code folding
  • Documentation Generator
  • Integrated profiling and code coverage support
  • Task management/ToDo list
  • Python & Ruby interactive shells
  • Integrated web browser
  • Bug reporting integration
  • Icon Editor
  • lots more

The only downside is that there are a few dependencies to download and install/build for some platforms with QT taking the longest, (but also being well worth having).

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