AJohn360 Posted August 25, 2011 Report Posted August 25, 2011 Hello i have been using Notepad and Dreamweaver for writing my php codes for some while now and i wish to make use of an IDE i came across Aptana, Eclipse , PhpStorm and others but i don't know which one to choose . So can everyone advise on any php IDE to make coding Easy,fast and simple with nice features . Thanks. Quote
LSW Posted August 25, 2011 Report Posted August 25, 2011 We use Eclipse at work. It is good to work with and can be "set" for specific languages with plugins. For instance we use Java which is the default language for it and added Adobe Flex to it as that is primarily what we use. You just need to install the tools for it to be a PHP editor. Of course there are some PHP IDEs out there, but many cost money. There are some listed under my list from 2008 Quote
jstern Posted August 25, 2011 Report Posted August 25, 2011 We use NetBeans at work. I've tried pretty much all of them out there and IMO Netbeans is the best. Especially if you can take the time to setup XDebug fully. Awesome De-bugging makes my life so much easier. Quote
DanExcel Posted August 26, 2011 Report Posted August 26, 2011 We use Eclipse at work. It is good to work with and can be "set" for specific languages with plugins. For instance we use Java which is the default language for it and added Adobe Flex to it as that is primarily what we use. You just need to install the tools for it to be a PHP editor. Of course there are some PHP IDEs out there, but many cost money. There are some listed under my list from 2008 Shocking! No condescending, undertone with a dry apology. Just straight talk, am I in the right forum? Quote
is_numeric Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 I have been using notepad++ for a few months now and its brilliant. Very light weight and fast. It has its own FTP client and file explorer. Syntax colouring and loads more plugins. Its ideal for making quick changes as well. Also try the Zen Coding plugin. This provides an HTML template code for quick HTML implimentation. For example... html>(head>title)>body>div#wrapper>div#header+div#left+div#content+div#footer produces... <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"></div> <div id="left"></div> <div id="content"></div> <div id="footer"></div> </div> </body> </html> And ul>li#list$*5 produces... <ul> <li id="list1"></li> <li id="list2"></li> <li id="list3"></li> <li id="list4"></li> <li id="list5"></li> </ul> Mint! Quote
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