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What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:28 pm
by Mirge
Not sure if this was already posted recently, but I was curious as I've seen it come up on other boards.
What is your IDE of choice for
PHP web development? Not particularly interested in extremely simple editors like Notepad, etc... I was thinking more along the lines of an "enhanced" or "fancy" text editor (IE: Geany, gedit w/ plugins, etc) or an actual IDE like Zend Studio, Eclipse PDT, Aptana, NetBeans, etc... and also post WHY it's your favorite (optional).
I'll start... my favorite IDE is Eclipse PDT All-In-One 2.1.0. I like it because:
+ Cross-platform (I run diff copies on Kubuntu 9.04 x64 & Windows Vista)
+ Performance is pretty good
+ Refactoring
+ Getter/Setter class method generation (via plugin--abundance of plugins available)
+ Control+Click to find where a variable, function, etc is defined.
+ Very intelligent auto-completion (including for custom classes, etc).
The specific version of PDT I use is on Zend's site
here.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:12 pm
by Griven
Notepad++ for me. I've never been able to get into any of the Eclipse IDEs. They've always come off as cumbersome to me.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:44 am
by CoderGoblin
Depends on the level of code. Eclipse great for large changes in a complex set of code and can integrate with subversion nicely. I frequently use joe on ubuntu for minor fixes. The main question as to why to use one depends on why you want to use an IDE in the first place. Most I find have far too much information not needed when coding.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:52 am
by Mirge
The biggest reason I use an IDE period is for code completion. I'm no lazy programmer... everything I write is thoroughly documented, but something so useful that increases productivity and makes programming more fun is a definite plus for me

Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:14 am
by ricehigh
I prefer to use
Notepad++.
Many of my friends, who studies Software at the university uses
Aptana Studio primarily because of it's auto completion and the possibility to work with files directly in an ftp-folder.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:49 am
by jackpf
IDEs suck. Notepad++ ftw
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:38 am
by superdezign
Mirge wrote:I'll start... my favorite IDE is Eclipse PDT All-In-One 2.1.0.
I use Eclipse too, but not because I like it. Eclipse, to me, is like a less annoying version of Dreamweaver. Still slow, and still bugs me, but it keeps me organized. When I know that I won't be editing a lot of files, I use PHP Designer, which is a basic text editor that color-codes and shows function parameters while I type.
I swear this thread has been done before, though. :3
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:46 am
by Eric!
superdezign wrote:I swear this thread has been done before, though. :3
Like here
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=81100
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:51 am
by superdezign
Even before that one.
Oh, That one links the one before it which links to the one before that one.

Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:16 am
by Weiry
Definitely Notepad++, you cant get any more lightweight and just plainly awesome than that.
Besides, it has many nifty features that you just don't find in many other editors.
(Line shift up/down ftw)
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:19 am
by Mirge
Thanks, slightly older, but still gives me a good idea.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:49 am
by 000zero
I like to use Komodo Edit
code completion and a bunch of other nice features and its free
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:09 pm
by jackpf
I find code completion annoying. It lags.
Well, on my laptop anyway.
Not on my beast of a PC

Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:20 pm
by superdezign
Code completion is nice if you also have the option to avoid it when it comes up. When pressing Space or Enter causes auto completion when I haven't manually selected an option from their dropdown, it slows me down. The first option should always be "no change," as far as I'm concerned. I've yet to see this done, however.
Re: What's your favorite IDE?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:31 pm
by 000zero
Komodo doesnt auto complete when you hit the space bar, you either have to select it from the drop down list or press tab