paulmgrein Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Dreamweaver MagumaI use 2 of them Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-817400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadeemshafi9 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 zend studio + CVS Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-817722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-null- Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I've been using Dreamweaver for editing and have recently started using Eclipse for debugging.I find Eclipse really really slow however and now it's started throwing errors everytime I do anything. Can anyone recommend any other free editors that allow debugging control. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-819170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 [quote author=-null- link=topic=54859.msg1169714#msg1169714 date=1240681822]I've been using Dreamweaver for editing and have recently started using Eclipse for debugging.I find Eclipse really really slow however and now it's started throwing errors everytime I do anything. Can anyone recommend any other free editors that allow debugging control.[/quote]NetBeans, I just found out, is a really good editor that is fast (a lot faster than eclipse) and works well. I would have to recommend that one. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-819189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 [quote author=premiso link=topic=54859.msg1169733#msg1169733 date=1240684541][quote author=-null- link=topic=54859.msg1169714#msg1169714 date=1240681822]I've been using Dreamweaver for editing and have recently started using Eclipse for debugging.I find Eclipse really really slow however and now it's started throwing errors everytime I do anything. Can anyone recommend any other free editors that allow debugging control.[/quote]NetBeans, I just found out, is a really good editor that is fast (a lot faster than eclipse) and works well. I would have to recommend that one.[/quote]I've been using NetBeans for the last while. It seems very responsive and much more stable than Eclipse based IDEs. I think I'll probably make it my main editor. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-819501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-null- Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks. I'll have a look at netbeans :) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-819565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axeia Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Eclipse, or more specifically.. Aptana Studio.Was a bit sluggish opening files before, but with the recent patches (or my OS reinstall, don't know which of the 2) it's really responsive and since it's eclipse there's no shortage of other plugins. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-820190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seany123 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 PHPED great debugger and everything works well Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote author=Daniel0 link=topic=54859.msg1170048#msg1170048 date=1240743572][quote author=premiso link=topic=54859.msg1169733#msg1169733 date=1240684541][quote author=-null- link=topic=54859.msg1169714#msg1169714 date=1240681822]I've been using Dreamweaver for editing and have recently started using Eclipse for debugging.I find Eclipse really really slow however and now it's started throwing errors everytime I do anything. Can anyone recommend any other free editors that allow debugging control.[/quote]NetBeans, I just found out, is a really good editor that is fast (a lot faster than eclipse) and works well. I would have to recommend that one.[/quote]I've been using NetBeans for the last while. It seems very responsive and much more stable than Eclipse based IDEs. I think I'll probably make it my main editor.[/quote]I find NetBeans terribly slow at times though x.x. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote author=corbin link=topic=54859.msg1175930#msg1175930 date=1241403175]I find NetBeans terribly slow at times though x.x.[/quote]I am using an underpowered laptop, and NetBeans runs respectably enough for me.If you goto tools > plugins and then select the 'Installed' tab, you'll probably find some stuff you that can disable (depending on which features / how many, there should be some performance improvements). Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I had a go with net beans...didn't care for it.I find it annoying the way it will autocomplete a quote for you, but it won't put the semicolon on the end. That means you just have to navigate around to append the semicolon.It probably would have been faster if I just typed the extra quote myself tbh. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote author=jackpf link=topic=54859.msg1176080#msg1176080 date=1241422904]I had a go with net beans...didn't care for it.I find it annoying the way it will autocomplete a quote for you, but it won't put the semicolon on the end. That means you just have to navigate around to append the semicolon.It probably would have been faster if I just typed the extra quote myself tbh.[/quote]Or just press the End key or right arrow key. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yeah, that's what I mean. If I just typed it myself I wouldn't have to :PI think it's a nice gesture...it just doesn't really do me any favours. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 How can it know if you want a semi-colon? Either way, it's considerably more useful for the various types of brackets where you may have multiple nested levels. Ever tried writing even something trivial in Lisp/Scheme? I'm sure you would appreciate bracket matching and bracket completion. Even in PHP it can be nice to ensure that you have the correct amount of brackets. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote author=jackpf link=topic=54859.msg1176092#msg1176092 date=1241424802]Yeah, that's what I mean. If I just typed it myself I wouldn't have to :P[/quote]Learn to put the semi-colon before you type in the statement. Just make that a habit and viola soon enough your speedier than you thought. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Lol. Yeah...but I can just press the quote key myself faster then I can navigate around to insert a semi-colon first or whatever.I just don't see the point :PI guess I'm just a simpleton.But yeah, with what Daniel0 said, I guess the bracket thing can be pretty useful for people who can't count :P Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote]But yeah, with what Daniel0 said, I guess the bracket thing can be pretty useful for people who can't count :P[/quote]Even if you can count, LISP code gets very annoying with all of the parentheses. An IDE that handles this is very convenient and saves a lot of time. With languages such as PHP and Java, you're right, if you can count you should be fine ;) Although, I still use some of the auto-complete features when dealing with any J2EE projects. It's also nice because at work we have a specific style of formatting and with most IDE's you can just import an XML formatter which will format your code automatically. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [code]auto-complete features[/code]Yeah...pretty useful for people without a memory.. :PNo, I'm just kidding, I can see how it would be useful.I guess I just don't really need/use it as I program relatively small projects, and I'm the one doing all the coding, so I know exactly what's going on. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I'm working on a fairly large project where a lot of the CMS code is a mess. Being able to Ctrl-click on class and method names to go to the source and auto completion is god-send. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Another aspect I like is that say you run into something like:[code=php:0]echo "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";[/code]since double quotes are not necessary here, you can highlight the whole text from (including) the opening to the closing double quotes, and simply hit the quote key and bam, the quotes are automatically converted to single quotes. Quick and handy when you come across stuff that doesn't need to be double quoted (or vise versa - what it doesn't do though is automatically escape any inner quotes that would need to be escaped in the event the outer ones are converted from one to the other). Still, a nice little aspect IMO. The devil's in the details. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Notepad++ search and replace on highlighted text :DMay take one or two seconds longer... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Well I think any IDE with search and replace would do that too.. this is just an small extra that doesn't need that. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yeah, I totally agree. But if you're actually paying for these features when Notepad++ does them anyways...I know netbeans is free. But people earlier on in this thread said they were paying like $150 for their IDE's... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 [quote author=jackpf link=topic=54859.msg1176513#msg1176513 date=1241457772]Yeah, I totally agree. But if you're actually paying for these features when Notepad++ does them anyways...I know netbeans is free. But people earlier on in this thread said they were paying like $150 for their IDE's...[/quote]No, notepad++ doesn't even have a 1/3 of these features... Package Explorer, class outlines, style importing, auto-completion, CVS, automatic building/compiling, server/database binding... I don't remember notepad++ having any of these, and besides, it's absolutely free!Maybe for maintaining a tiny personal site, notepad++ is suitable, in fact, I use it all the time, but for a medium-large scale project you NEED to have an IDE that can handle and offer these features or you will take twice as long to get anything done. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpf Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Meh. Guess I'm beaten.I still love my Notepad++ though.:P Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2211-which-php-editor-do-you-think-is-the-best/page/10/#findComment-825905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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