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  PHP IDE Recommendations "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 12:53 +0000
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Derek Turner <frderek@cesmail.net> - 2011-12-10 14:53 +0000
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-12-10 20:02 +0100
      Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-12-11 16:52 +0100
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations zzatkin@gmail.com - 2011-12-11 00:02 -0800
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Hans Olo <doctor@vaderlishious.com> - 2011-12-11 10:23 -0600
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-12-12 11:52 +0100
      Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Ross McKay <au.org.zeta.at.rosko@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-13 11:43 +1100
    Re: PHP IDE Recommendations Goran <goran@nospam.com> - 2011-12-16 08:32 +0100

#4045 — PHP IDE Recommendations

I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php 
development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans 
although that seems more oriented to Java.

I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's to 
try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer PHPStorm 
because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup and it does 
Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through code as I am 
new to php.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

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#4048

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:53:04 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's
> to try before I reach for my credit card.

Aptana Studio: no need for credit card as it's free :)



-- 
"Capitalisation is the difference between helping 
your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse."

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#4049

Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php
> development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans
> although that seems more oriented to Java.
> 
> I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's to
> try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer PHPStorm
> because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup and it does
> Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through code as I am
> new to php.

Eclipse PHP Development Tools.  By contrast to Aptana Studio, which is based 
on Eclipse, that PHP editor actually does something useful beyond syntax-
highlighting.  For example, it auto-completes `array' with a list of array 
functions to select from, and its Outline view shows variable declarations, 
not just includes.  And you can set *PHP* breakpoints.

Eclipse was originally only a Java IDE, of course, so you can expect the 
best support for developing with Java from its JDT plugin as well.

<http://eclipse.org/>

Aptana is good if you use its plugin to augment Eclipse, for example to 
provide PyDev and its Local Filesystem item in the Eclipse Project Explorer.


PointedEars
-- 
Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
  -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> (2004)

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#4052

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn, 2011-12-10 20:02:

> Jeff Gaines wrote:
> 
>> I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php
>> development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans
>> although that seems more oriented to Java.

Netbeans *is* a Java IDE. But the PHP Plugin makes it quite useful for
PHP development too.

>> I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's to
>> try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer PHPStorm
>> because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup and it does
>> Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through code as I am
>> new to php.
> 
> Eclipse PHP Development Tools.  By contrast to Aptana Studio, which is based 

Or Netbeans with the PHP Plugin ;-)

> on Eclipse, that PHP editor actually does something useful beyond syntax-
> highlighting.  For example, it auto-completes `array' with a list of array 
> functions to select from, and its Outline view shows variable declarations, 
> not just includes.  And you can set *PHP* breakpoints.

The same is true for the Netbeans Editor. I think the IDEs generally
provide the same functionality. Even Android development can be done
with Netbeans as well as with Eclipse. So it's mostly a personal
preference, which IDE you prefer.

> Eclipse was originally only a Java IDE, of course, so you can expect the 
> best support for developing with Java from its JDT plugin as well.
[...]

The same applies to Netbeans.

Debugging with Netbeans needs xdebug installed on the server side as a
PHP extension, but this should not a be a big problem (and a debug
extension is needed for Eclipse too).


-- 
Arno Welzel
http://arnowelzel.de
http://de-rec-fahrrad.de

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#4051

EditPlus (editplus.com).

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#4053

On 12/10/2011 6:53 AM, Jeff Gaines cried from the depths of the abyss:
>
> I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php
> development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans
> although that seems more oriented to Java.
>
> I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's
> to try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer
> PHPStorm because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup
> and it does Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through
> code as I am new to php.
>

Stick with NuSphere PHPED.  It's worth the minimal investment.

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#4054

El 10/12/2011 13:53, Jeff Gaines escribió/wrote:
> I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php
> development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans
> although that seems more oriented to Java.
>
> I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's
> to try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer
> PHPStorm because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup
> and it does Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through
> code as I am new to php.

Some other alternatives to try out:

- Komodo IDE: superb editor component, supports like a hundred 
programming languages, great extensibility, rusty interface, pricey.

- WaterProof PHPEdit: it's written in .NET and uses ribbon interface. I 
particularly hate ribbon interface but at least they've tried to do 
something difference.

- Rapid PHP: very lightweight and fast, acceptable feature set, not very 
smart editor, cheap.

- phpDesigner: lightweight, cheap, my co-workers love it for some reason 
I can't understand.

BTW, NetBeans for PHP is way better that it seems at first sight. 
NetBeans only sucks at non-PHP stuff, like most Java editors. For 
instance, it cannot open a ISO-8859-1 file in a UTF-8 project.


IMHO, the perfect IDE for PHP does not exist yet. Old text editors got 
stuck in year 2004 and string matching based code completion. Modern 
IDEs tend to be slow bloated beasts with fancy code intelligence but 
poor basic editing capabilities. At least, if you have a fast computer 
and money to spend, your options are somehow better.


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#4058

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:52:29 +0100, "Álvaro G. Vicario" wrote:

>Some other alternatives to try out:
>
>- Komodo IDE: superb editor component, supports like a hundred 
>programming languages, great extensibility, rusty interface, pricey.
>
>- WaterProof PHPEdit: it's written in .NET and uses ribbon interface. I 
>particularly hate ribbon interface but at least they've tried to do 
>something difference.
>
>- Rapid PHP: very lightweight and fast, acceptable feature set, not very 
>smart editor, cheap.
>
>- phpDesigner: lightweight, cheap, my co-workers love it for some reason 
>I can't understand.
>[...]

Add to that: 
Geany -- http://www.geany.org/Main/About
It's fast, lightweight, good editor, doesn't have PHP debugging yet
though. A very nice tool for writing the sorts of code PHP developers
are hit with (PHP, JavaScript, XML, SQL, HTML...)
-- 
Ross McKay, Toronto NSW Australia
"Click me, drag me, treat me like an object"

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#4079

On 10.12.2011 13:53, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> 
> I have been using NuSphere's PHPEdit and JetBrains' PHPStorm for php
> development (hobby only, not commercial). I have also tried NetBeans
> although that seems more oriented to Java.
> 
> I use Windows 7 and wonder if people here can recommend any other IDE's
> to try before I reach for my credit card. At the moment I prefer
> PHPStorm because I have been able to get it working with my WAMP setup
> and it does Java as well. I do want something that lets me step through
> code as I am new to php.
> 

What is wrong with NetBeans? Did you tried PHP or Java edition?

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