Trevyn Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What benefits do you get out of Zend?
Ive used Eclipse before but saw no benefit using an IDE for PHP. For several years I used ConTEXT - a regular text editor that had only one PHP feature: keyword color highlighting. I have since switched to PDT - a PHP Development Tools framework for the Eclipse platform. Although there are a few features I miss in ConTEXT, there are many other benefits of using this IDE to write PHP code: 1. The class outline is extremely helpful in finding attributes and methods in large projects with many classes. 2. The Intellisense-like help feature: when you type the name of a built in PHP function (or properly documented custom method) it will give you a brief description and list the variables (type, order, required or not) 3. The ability to refactor code saves a ton of time if you decide to change a method's signature. 4. The snippet library is convenient 5. The built-in PHP documentation is nicer than constantly visiting PHP's homepage. There are other things I like but these are the main features that made me switch and stay with the IDE. Here's the URL if you are interested: http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/ -Rusty --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
