On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Michael Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> Haven't tried Komodo... I *think* it's geared towards HTML production more > than PHP, but I could be wrong. > > Zend is nice, but quite expensive for simply learning PHP. A good > alternative is Aptana Studio, which is fairly similar to Zend but supports > several other languages easily (CSS, JavaScript, etc. are all syntax > highlighted as well, something Zend didn't always do properly.) > > I don't reccommend Dreamweaver for learning any sort of coding. It is nice > for doing WYSIWYG editing, and the code it produces is cleaner than the > alternatives, but not a good way to go for doing PHP. (IMO anyways) > > Eclipse is pretty good as well, if you can get the proper plugins > installed. Aptana and Zend are both just packages of Eclipse with > additional features or functionality, but both are simpler to get up and > running than getting Eclipse to work with PHP plugins. > > > Personally, I use Aptana for development now. The community edition is > free and fully functional, and works pretty nicely. There is a professional > version that adds some extras (such as a custom SFTP plugin), which runs > about $99, compared to Zend's $400+. > > > Hope this helps. > > I second the Aptana recommendation. I started using it a couple of weeks ago. It's great. _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
