I use PhpED and love it. It has a couple of quirks but, for the most
part, it pwns.
After setting up the project you can do many things. Here a a few that I
like a lot:
* ctrl+shift+s - saves the file to the server space [no special action
required]
* ssh - integrated ssh window. you can save terminal profiles. much
less key strokes to get to the box you need to get to
* mysql - integrated [though somewhat limited] mysql gui. set up mysql
profiles and run queries without launching a separate app. or you could
always just run mysql from the command line, with the [afore mentioned]
integrated ssh client :)
* debugging - you can step through php code, just like java or visual
basic or various other languages. i really love this feature
there are other cool benefits but, these are some that i really like a lot.
my 2 cents worth.
-jim
Mike Mackrory wrote:
A few weeks ago, someone asked if anyone had any experience with VS.PHP,
which is a PHP plug-in for Visual Studio.
I've been doing all my development with TextPad and figured it was time to
change to an IDE, so I could be more productive.
In case anyone is still wondering...
I downloaded a trial version of VS.PHP and gave it a whirl...
In order to run the application, you need to have Visual Studio installed,
with VS 2005 being preferred. I got a free copy at a Microsoft thing a year
or 2 ago, so that helped. VS is a little pricy, although I understand that
is can be run with limited functionality under the Express Edition, which is
free.
By no means did I try all the features, but in the short time I used it I
made the following observations...
1. It seems to require you to store all of the files in a directory several
below your My Documents folder. It does have the ability to deploy to
another folder, local or remote, but I like to code, save and refresh my
browser, without having to click my way through to the deploy option.
2. Debugging was OK, better than what I had (nothing) but nothing
spectacular
3. Intellisense for PHP was OK, and excellent for HTML (But do you really
need it for HTML?)
4. As someone who cut their coding teeth on Visual Basic, the interface was
fairly easy to learn.
5. Updates to the software are frequent and install very quickly.
I am sure that over time this will improve into a very viable IDE for PHP
developers.
With that all said, I downloaded the Zend Studio on Friday as a comparison,
and within 10 minutes think I would rather splash out on the Zend IDE in
lieu of the VS.PHP one. Especially since the base package is the same price
($99) for both of them.
That's my two cents, for what it's worth.
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