[UPHPU] Komodo Edit

[Nathan Lane]

I've finished my evaluation and just for the sake of doing it, I created a
table like the ones you find on some sites, portraying the value that each
of the IDE's provide. Can anybody else think of any things you like most
about IDE's or that you would expect in an IDE supported PHP, HTML,
JavaScript, and CSS development?

Thanks, and here's the table.

*PHP IDE Wars*

This table contains a feature comparison of four popular PHP IDE's,
namely Komodo
IDE <http://www.activestate.com/komodo_ide> (professional), Komodo
Edit<http://www.openkomodo.com/>(open source), Zend
Studio<http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=BpKYNR3YbSNnVJp7EiAHrubntBMuHwzSV5Mz5BuKBpzfgmBcIABABGAEgtlQ4AVCfi7uQ-_____8BYMn-lo3opIwYoAGfkZ7_A8gBAYACAdkDmPKCD5yRU0M&sig=AGiWqtyUUIVo3V6ulAG8O-gtSt2v3eGQzQ&q=http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio?engine=google&cmpg=zendstudio&k_id=zend_studio>(professional),
and the
Eclipse PDT Project <http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/> (open source).

     *Feature*

*Komodo IDE*

*Komodo Edit*

*Zend Studio*

*Eclipse PDT*

Launch site on local machine


Yes (integrated)

Yes (integrated)

Yes (but could not make it work)


Yes (integrated)

PHP 5 auto-complete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PHP 5 syntax highlighting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HTML 4 or XHTML auto-complete

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

HTML 4 or XHTML syntax highlighting

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

JavaScript auto-complete

No
No
No

Yes (Ctrl + Spacebar)

JavaScript syntax highlighting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CSS syntax highlighting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Code block auto-completion

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Integrated Subversion source control



Yes


No


Yes

Yes (via Eclipse plug-in)

Integrated FTP connection

No

Yes

No

Yes

Project management (ability to group files into a project)

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Ability to import file system into project

Yes
Yes


Yes

Integrated debugger

Yes (remote and local)

No
Yes
Yes

Multiple files open at same time

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Syntax error checking (for HTML, JavaScript, and PHP)

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Shortcut keys or quick-keys

No (built on Mozilla platform – means a plug-in could be created

No (built on Mozilla platform – means a plug-in could be created



Yes (programmable)

Yes (programmable)

Windows compatible

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Macintosh compatible

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux compatible

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other system software requirements

PHP
PHP
Java JRE
Java JRE

Trial period

31 days

n/a

21 days

n/a

Final purchase cost
 Professional – per license $295.00 Volume discounts at
http://www.activestate.com/support_resources/store_faq.plex#volumediscounts
 Open
source $0.00  Professional – per license 1 year support for $399.00 3 years
support for $717.00 Quantity licensing at
http://www.zend.com/en/store/software/studio/#Additional-Information  Open
source $0.00




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