Bendude14 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Can you guys tell me what IDE 's you use. Is it possible to get one that can evaluate php inside the program if you have a server etc installed on the machine? Also i am looking for one with Syntax highlighting. both suggestions for windows and linux are grateful. Thanks Ben Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I like using DreamWeaver, it turns different syntax's into different colors. It does not debug it for you, but it lets you know how some functions should work. Like if you use the MD5 function, it will say in a box, string. Meaning type in the string and nothing else. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-664995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 There's already a huge thread here on the subject. Take a look through, you'll find plenty of recommendations. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-664996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericnumber1 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Free? Eclipse PHP and Maguma Open Studio are nice.. Proprietary? My friend likes Komodo, but in my opinion you can't beat Zend Studio for features. Like suggested, read the previous thread on it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-664999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomatt Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Eclipse w/ Zend for a paid solution.. PDT (Eclipse) for a free solution. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendude14 Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks for all the help, i am currently using dreamweaver but i dont use the design mode and i am now starting with C++ so was looking for something more powerful. Will go read that thread. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 as far as i know dreamweaver is the most versitile and freindly because it lets you manage multiple sites. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomatt Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 as far as i know dreamweaver is the most versitile and freindly because it lets you manage multiple sites. Durrr Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 as far as i know dreamweaver is the most versitile and freindly because it lets you manage multiple sites. Durrr what i actualy meant is multiple sites at teh same time eg it lets u define local server and site and save it in a list, U tell me another oen that does that ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomatt Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm not sure what you mean by 'sites,' but with both PDT and Zend w/ Eclipse I can have multiple projects open at a single time. Most IDEs are like this. I may be misunderstanding you though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm not sure what you mean by 'sites,' but with both PDT and Zend w/ Eclipse I can have multiple projects open at a single time. Most IDEs are like this. I may be misunderstanding you though. basicaly i was managing around 30 sites at once and i needed a free IDE for home use but all the ones i tried would not let me save (local server, remote server) as a saved site and then reload it anytime from a list. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomatt Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I have about 8 major projects opened in PDT at the moment. In a list. All are accessible via my local web server. If anything, Dreamweaver is bad because it does a LOT more than any PHP IDE should. It's resource intensive and is more of a 'develop for you' than a 'development environment' Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 basicaly i was managing around 30 sites at once and i needed a free IDE for home use but all the ones i tried would not let me save (local server, remote server) as a saved site and then reload it anytime from a list. The difference between Dreamweaver and other IDEs, in my opinion, is that Dreamweaver is geared towards the common user while other IDEs expect that you will set up your own local/remote information - whether that be SFTP or CSV/SVN. As mentioned previously, nearly every IDE offers the support to do what you are mentioning, but you have to set it up manually to your own specifications. I would add NetBeans as another free IDE to look at as well. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericnumber1 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'll second netbeans if you plan to do things other than php development and want to use the same IDE for all of the languages. I use different IDEs for different languages, I'm weird. netbeans is my java IDE and I love it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'll second netbeans if you plan to do things other than php development and want to use the same IDE for all of the languages. I use different IDEs for different languages, I'm weird. netbeans is my java IDE and I love it. can i ask you what u use java for , i would suspect file system browsing ? i may have some cool ideas lol is java best or is somthign else better flash maybe ? well java has its own file browsing interface dosent it am i right ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericnumber1 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I use java for jobs where I'm reqired to use java . I typically will use c++ for applications, but java can be more versatile in some instances (see: portability, apache tomcat/servlets, web applets) so if I must use it, I will, but it's not my favorite language. As for file system classes? yeah, java has them... but so does c++. You compared flash to java though, you do know java is a full-featured programming language, not just a way of making web applets, yes? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-665705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 You compared flash to java though, you do know java is a full-featured programming language, not just a way of making web applets, yes? Also, please don't confuse Java with JavaScript. Java, as was just mentioned, is a fully featured programming language while JavaScript in web is simply a client side scripting language to add some dynamic elements to the page. JavaScript would be much more comparable to flash than Java. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I use java for jobs where I'm reqired to use java . I typically will use c++ for applications, but java can be more versatile in some instances (see: portability, apache tomcat/servlets, web applets) so if I must use it, I will, but it's not my favorite language. As for file system classes? yeah, java has them... but so does c++. You compared flash to java though, you do know java is a full-featured programming language, not just a way of making web applets, yes? i used java for 3 years at uni i do know, i compared it to flash because u never know the flash people may have developed a file browser of some sort or one can be easily implamented but i doubt it, yes i know flash and java have no comparison even thogh both can be used for web apps java is a system language in its natural state and has been used for tomcat. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 java is not that different in web development than flash. because java on the web is tomcat java isnt it ? and java on the system is compiled and run on javas vm ? i have a feeling teh vm and compiler are nothing to do with tomcat. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 You compared flash to java though, you do know java is a full-featured programming language, not just a way of making web applets, yes? Also, please don't confuse Java with JavaScript. Java, as was just mentioned, is a fully featured programming language while JavaScript in web is simply a client side scripting language to add some dynamic elements to the page. JavaScript would be much more comparable to flash than Java. You mock me... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Sorry to veer off-topic but I'm on my second college year of BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (bit of a mouthfull, I know lol) and have been looking into university courses in programming but can't seem to find any decent ones. Can you tell me what course you do or if anyone knows any good ones they can tell me about I would appreciate it, thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 My personal choice is Zend studio for Eclipse, and yes, it does take a lot of setting up and what not, but I feel it's worth it. On top of that, with a bunch of plugins installed, I can use Ruby/onRails, Python, (X)HTML/CSS/JS, etc. all under one roof. I like that most about eclipse. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I use netbeans, I'm happy with it. Has a lot of cool features, and it's free... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericnumber1 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Sorry to veer off-topic but I'm on my second college year of BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (bit of a mouthfull, I know lol) and have been looking into university courses in programming but can't seem to find any decent ones. Can you tell me what course you do or if anyone knows any good ones they can tell me about I would appreciate it, thanks. I don't know any courses to suggest to you (as all of mine are/were taken at my college), but I can recommend ways to self-teach (see: o'reilly books, particularly the "head first" series is a good one). Of course all of that is totally off subject, but some other people may have some other good suggestions. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 thanks, I'll have a look later (got an assignment to do atm :-\ ) I have read the Programming PHP one when I was searching for a book by Rasmus Lerdorf, it taught me alot. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/128372-solved-ide-recommendations/#findComment-666345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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