[ciapug] IDE

[Carl Olsen]

I like the way that the PHP plug in for Visual Studio shows the methods and
properties of a class in a drop down list while I'm tying in the page.  It
lets me know that the class is available and also helps me remember what
properties and methods I created for each class.  I'm often adding methods
as I go along and I may have added one to another project and can't remember
if I added it to the one I'm working on.  Methods can vary from one project
to another.  Syntax highlighting is certainly one of the most important
features, but the ability to view class information from page to page is
also a nice feature.  I also like it when the PHP functions show up while
I'm typing, along with HTML and CSS attributes and their possible values.
Kate is certainly an improvement over a plain text editor (I actually use
that one frequently when I'm working on my SUSE 9.3 machine), but I like
more (I mostly use Windows XP for development).  Maybe it's just because I
still feel like I'm learning the languages.  If I had all this stuff in my
head, I might not need so much functionality.

-----Original Message-----
From: ciapug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:ciapug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of Dave J. Hala Jr.
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:27 PM
To: carl-olsen at mchsi.com; PHP List
Subject: Re: [ciapug] IDE

I go through this about every 6 months. I keep thinking that if I use an
IDE for PHP development, or some kind of combination PHP IDE/HTML editor
that it will speed things up.

I've found that I'm faster just using something simple that has syntax
highlighting. I use "Kate"  on RHEL Workstation, for all my development.
I also run Apache on the localhost.  By switching from one virtual
desktop to another, I can develop and test very rapidly.  Typically, I
run 8-10 desktops. 


On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 13:08, Carl Olsen wrote:
> I would like to hear comments about favorite PHP editing tools.  I'm using
> VS.php (www.jcxsoftware.com) which is a PHP plug in for Microsoft Visual
> Studio.  It has fairly good object support, but I've never tried anything
> else.  The other PHP programmer in our office is using a trial version of
> Zend Studio, but he says it doesn't have much support for other languages,
> particularly HTML and CSS (VS.php has limited support for HTML, code hints
> while you are typing inline).  Are there any other good tools for object
> oriented web site programming with PHP?
> 
> Ideally, I'm looking for something that has good support for HTML and CSS.
> 
> Carl
> http://www.carl-olsen.com/
> 
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