Still deciding on an Editor

I found two websites that offered comparisons of editors.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/07/35-useful-source-code-editors-reviewed/

http://www.pure-mac.com/webed.html

I have decided to stick with the mac, since that is where I can do the most programming. It is amazing in these two lists that there are editors unique to both. I have to admit I am looking for free too. Some have free demos. Others have free non-pro versions. Prices can very from $20 to over $400. I download Aptana, Smultron, and Kompzer to give them a spin. There were others that were supposed to be free, but ended up being demos. I will check these out and see where I go from there.

There is more to editors than just writing code. Some are integrated into a whole environment of testing, debugging, etc. In those cases they are considered an IDE (integrated development environment). Aptana falls into that category. The one feature I think I would want is version control. I am alos going to check out the Apple tools Xcode. Maybe by the next entry I will have some feedback on these.