Homesite Php Editor
PHP is a popular scripting language great for both small tasks and large web applications. Once PHP is installed, the next task is selecting a text editor for developing and modifying code.
Vim for the Sharp and Confident Developer
Vim is short for Vi Improved and can be downloaded here. There is a big plus for learning and using Vim, that is, every flavor of unix since the 70s, even a bare bones installation has vi or vim. Users who know vim can definitely be regarded as "old school". Other advantages including syntax highlighting, hex mode, multiple panes to name but a few.
Vim is called a modal editor. It has three modes, namely command, insert and visual. The command mode makes the keys on the keyboard execute commands such as moving up, down, left, right, delete, etc. The insert mode is pretty much self explanatory; typing on the keyboard in this mode inserts text.

