[UPHPU] VS.PHP as an IDE

[Jim Anderson]

I use PhpED and love it. It has a couple of quirks but, for the most 
part, it pwns.

After setting up the project you can do many things. Here a a few that I 
like a lot:
* ctrl+shift+s - saves the file to the server space [no special action 
required]
* ssh - integrated ssh window. you  can save terminal profiles. much 
less key strokes to get to the box you need to get to
* mysql - integrated [though somewhat limited] mysql gui. set up mysql 
profiles and run queries without launching a separate app. or you could 
always just run mysql from the command line, with the [afore mentioned] 
integrated ssh client :)
* debugging - you can step through php code, just like java or visual 
basic or various other languages. i really love this feature

there are other cool benefits but, these are some that i really like a lot.

my 2 cents worth.

-jim



Mike Mackrory wrote:
> A few weeks ago, someone asked if anyone had any experience with VS.PHP,
> which is a PHP plug-in for Visual Studio.
>
> I've been doing all my development with TextPad and figured it was time to
> change to an IDE, so I could be more productive.
>
> In case anyone is still wondering... 
>
> I downloaded a trial version of VS.PHP and gave it a whirl...
>
> In order to run the application, you need to have Visual Studio installed,
> with VS 2005 being preferred.  I got a free copy at a Microsoft thing a year
> or 2 ago, so that helped.  VS is a little pricy, although I understand that
> is can be run with limited functionality under the Express Edition, which is
> free.
>
> By no means did I try all the features, but in the short time I used it I
> made the following observations...
>
> 1.  It seems to require you to store all of the files in a directory several
> below your My Documents folder.  It does have the ability to deploy to
> another folder, local or remote, but I like to code, save and refresh my
> browser, without having to click my way through to the deploy option.
>
> 2.  Debugging was OK, better than what I had (nothing) but nothing
> spectacular
>
> 3.  Intellisense for PHP was OK, and excellent for HTML (But do you really
> need it for HTML?)
>
> 4.  As someone who cut their coding teeth on Visual Basic, the interface was
> fairly easy to learn.
>
> 5.  Updates to the software are frequent and install very quickly.  
>
> I am sure that over time this will improve into a very viable IDE for PHP
> developers.
>
> With that all said, I downloaded the Zend Studio on Friday as a comparison,
> and within 10 minutes think I would rather splash out on the Zend IDE in
> lieu of the VS.PHP one.  Especially since the base package is the same price
> ($99) for both of them.
>
> That's my two cents, for what it's worth.
>
>
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