Re: Eclipse, Komodo, Netbeans, Zend Studio, PHP Storm, other?

On Oct 13, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 14:09 -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > >> On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Hansen, Mike wrote: >> >>> I'm about to do a lot of work on an existing code base and I think I'd like >>> to try an IDE. I currently use VIM for most editing. >>> >>> What IDE are you using? >>> >>> What do you like about the one you are using? >>> >>> Which ones have you tried? >>> >>> Mike >>> >> >> Good question. I've tried Zend Studio Beta 8, Eclipse, Komodo, and Netbeans on my >> MacBook Pro. Netbeans is probably the only one that I haven't gotten very frustrated with. >> They are all very good but eventually all but Netbeans starts to grind to a halt. I love the layout >> of the Eclipsed-based ones and would love to use Zend Studio or Eclipse. But, when I spend more >> time waiting for the busy cursor to go away than coding, those nice tools don't do me any good! >> >> That being said, does anyone else use a Mac and have similar problems? >> >> Take care, >> Floyd >> >> > > Netbeans is the only IDE I've used, but I have to say, it does what I > need with a minimal of fuss. It has great integration with SVN (via a > downloadable plugin if you're unfortunate enough to still be using > Windows to develop) and the only slowdowns I've seen were where the SVN > server was difficult to reach. > > I like the fact that it has good front-end integration too, and not only > recognises and code hints for those, but it also recognises things like > jQuery. > > Also, it can automatically insert phpDoc comments with a prompt, which > makes it easy to produce standard project documentation. > > Aside from Netbeans, Kate as a text editor is very good. It's part of > the KDE package, and you can get it on Windows as well (although not > sure about MacOS) > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > Another cool thing about Netbeans is that it can connect to a bugzilla service and you can view bug reports right within the IDE. Where's the phpDoc comments ability? I haven't run across that yet. Thanks! Floyd