[UPHPU] IDE

[Trevyn Meyer]

Ill be the first to admit, I learn the hard way.  I really did mean that 
those fearues are things I have yet to want.  I am a little slow at 
getting around the corner.  And I ride the short bus.

William Attwood wrote:
 > Keep in mind that you may not know you need something until you use 
it and find out how much easier it makes life ;)
 >
 > Good luck with everything!
 >
 > --Will
 >
 > On Jan 22, 2008 2:55 PM, Trevyn Meyer < trevyn at esourcehome.com> wrote:
 >
 >     I appreciate your feedback.  Unfortunately none of the features that
 >     have been listed are things I have yet to want.  Have you seen a 
list of
 >     jedit plugins?  They seem to do it for me.  Thanks again for the 
feedback.
 >
 >     Trevyn
 >
 >     Rusty Keele wrote:
 >     > Trevyn Meyer <trevyn at esourcehome.com> wrote: What benefits do 
you get out of Zend?
 >     >
 >     > Ive used Eclipse before but saw no benefit using an IDE for PHP.
 >     >
 >     > For several years I used ConTEXT - a regular text editor that 
had only one PHP feature: keyword color highlighting.  I have since 
switched to PDT - a PHP Development    Tools framework for the Eclipse 
platform.  Although there are a few features I miss in ConTEXT, there 
are many other benefits of using this IDE to write PHP code:
 >     > 1. The class outline is extremely helpful in finding attributes 
and methods in large projects with many classes.
 >     > 2. The Intellisense-like help feature: when you type the name 
of a built in PHP function (or properly documented custom method) it 
will give you a brief description and list the variables (type, order, 
required or not)
 >     > 3. The ability to refactor code saves a ton of time if you 
decide to change a method's signature.
 >     > 4. The snippet library is convenient
 >     > 5. The built-in PHP documentation is nicer than constantly 
visiting PHP's homepage.
 >     >
 >     >   There are other things I like but these are the main features 
that made me switch and stay with the IDE.
 >     >
 >     >   Here's the URL if you are interested: http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/
 >     >
 >     > -Rusty
 >     >
 >     >
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