Aptana + it's PHP addon is worth a look. It's based on Eclispe but offers FTP, code templates, SVN addons (subclipse + others), Database Explorer, Code Completion, Jump to Source, Debugging using xdebug or zend debugger.
Netbeans is quite cool too and I find the interface really simple to use. Cheers. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Grant Paton-Simpson <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks for that Sid. Anyone used Eclipse PDT for local debugging (if, > indeed, it has that functionality)? Any other feedback on Netbeans > would be good too. > > Sid Bachtiar wrote: > > Netbean is nice, I have used it for developing Java App, very visual > > RAD, but I don't know how good it is for PHP development. > > > > Zend Neon is very nice, but you get most of the features from free > Eclipse PDT. > > > > For me Eclipse PDT is enough. It has the following features and more: > > - Code completion > > - Subclipse (SVN) > > - Syntax colouring > > - Jump to source > > > > I haven't used Eclipse PDT for debugging though, but I think you can > > integrate php dbg. I find Symfony debug mode and Firebug more than > > enough. > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Grant Paton-Simpson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just read a very interesting piece on using Netbeans for PHP editing, > >> debugging etc: > >> > >> http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/16/php-support-in-netbeans-65/ > >> > >> Netbeans sounds promising and quite a bit has improved since earlier > >> versions. Has anyone tried it (recently or at all)? I have used Zend > >> Studio for Windows previously but I am considering the new version > >> (Neon) for Eclipse running on my Ubuntu development machine. Zend is > >> feeling a bit pricey for me though given that most of my development > >> software is open source and free. > >> > >> I like code completion, and I really need decent local debugging. Plus > >> being able to jump to the source of a function etc. To be honest, there > >> are a lot of features I don't use and don't care about. I don't mind > >> paying a certain amount (I pay for the pydev extension for Eclipse, for > >> example) but I don't like paying large amounts for functionality I don't > >> care about. > >> > >> > >> All the best, Grant > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
