I want a new IDE

magnusvb · 2009-10-21 15:42:24

I know that this is not a pure ZF question. But why can't Panic, MacRabbit et. al come up with a really good PHP editor for Mac? Is that so hard?

I'm tired of all the java based editors ;( . Just dislike them. All I want is:
- autocomplete (standard php and user variables/libraries (for ZF))
- autopair
- decent indent of the code

Nothing more. Nothing less. No ftp, no svn.

Please.

-- magnus

Jon Lebensold · 2009-10-22 16:17:57

I'm with you there Magnis. I use BBedit in conjunction with Netbeans. Autocomplete is the only thing really missing for me there.

magnusvb · 2009-10-23 08:11:50

Hi Jon

Glad to here that I'm not alone

I'm jumping between NetBeans and the new ZS 7.1 beta. ZS have a great autocomplete for ZF / PHP – NetBeans is better with html.

But I will give BB a run today (why cant Apple put in some more/better support for PHP in Xcode?)

-- magnus

Manuel · 2009-12-16 16:40:12

I have some troubles setting up PHPUnit with ZS 7 as well as Netbeans.
ZS won't run the unit tests, Netbeans too.

I'm using Snow Leopard, MAMP (Pro) and installed Pear/PHPUnit by myself some time ago, so I can use it on the terminal.. The only problem there: no relative paths work.

But ZS at least should come with its own installation..

I would pay for ZS, if they won't mess up with the unit testing/code coverage thing.

I watched the ZC about setting up PHPUnit over and over again, but still I can't figure out how to set up for Netbeans with full CC support.

That's my 2 cents about ide's and phpunit..

iznogood · 2010-01-06 18:27:10

If its any consolation I use windows and linux (50/50) and have yet to find a editor I really love. ZS 7.2 is almost it but it taxes my machine a lot. I still use ZS 5.5 and netbeans on ubuntu.
Back in the days of C++ I used C++ builder wich was really a great editor.

RikBruil · 2010-05-14 01:43:25

Like the rest here I've been looking for the perfect IDE for some time now, and I hope that someday I can truly say that my quest has come to an end. Until that day I still use Netbeans (I really dislike the PDT project for Eclipse - although I haven't used it for a while), but NB 6.8 feels a bit 'sluggish'/unresponsive. This should be fixed in the upcoming version however.

I've tried IDE's like PDT, Aptana, Komodo IDE and some other less known IDE's... I've even looked into VS.PHP for Visual Studio, but since I own a MacBook I don't like switching to Windows everytime I want to get some work done.

Just today I stumbled upon a new IDE which is still in beta and is completely geared towards PHP development. I think it's called PhpStorm, but I haven't really tested it yet. It comes with built-in PHPUnit support and some other features, however I think the GUI is a bit cluttered so it's probably not the IDE for me.

I hope to find a lightweight PHP IDE with small footprint and nice debugging/testing tools soon, but until that day I guess I'm stuck with Netbeans.

I think it's time Netbeans and TextMate made a baby. The interface and responsiveness of TextMate combined with the testing/debugging tools of Netbeans, sugarcoated with fast intellisense/autocomplete functionality. Of course it should also be multi-platform Now that's an IDE that I would buy.

@Manuel: I've got PHPUnit working with Netbeans and code-coverage. I believe you need XDebug installed to get code-coverage working properly. I also had some trouble with my code-coverage report paths. I thought it wasn't working, but it was just generating the reports somewhere on a location outside my project. You need to specify the code-coverage path in your xml configuration file for PHPUnit.

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#1 2009-10-21 15:42:24

I want a new IDE

#2 2009-10-22 16:17:57

Re: I want a new IDE

#3 2009-10-23 08:11:50

Re: I want a new IDE

#4 2009-12-16 16:40:12

Re: I want a new IDE

#5 2010-01-06 18:27:10

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#6 2010-05-14 01:43:25

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