NYCPHP Meetup

[Mark Armendariz]

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of David Krings

> Subject: [nycphp-talk] IDE recommendations

> I looked so far at Zend, but don't get the GUI. It seems to 
> be overly complicated. I then tried some of these Eclipse 
> based hodgepodges, but they lack a lot of features if I ever 
> can get them to run. And I tried NuSphere PHPEd. I like it a 
> lot and consider the Pro version, but I and my wallet can't 
> get over the sticker shock of 299$. I'm not saying the app 
> isn't worth that, but for a hobbyist with a budget of about 
> 0$ that is a bit pricey.


Have you tried Zend's Eclipse IDE?  I know there's another one out there
which I tried a while ago - unhappily.  Been using PDT for about 6 months
now.  Still a ways to go until 1.0, but I'm a fan.  Especially with the SVN
and Mylar plugins since I use Trac.  The debugger is pretty good (proper
breakpoints - including conditional breakpoints - in the ide), though a bit
slow at times.
http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/index.php

At least you can see their progress in bugzilla, much unlike the zend ide.
Oh, and it's open source, which is always fun.

Still hoping to dive into vi/m some day (beyond the basics).  Seems so
damned powerful if you've the time to beat the learning curve.

Mark