Re: zend ide & debugger

PHPEd now supports debugger and still free :) > 1-month commercial license ($90). > > Download wasn't too bad. I haven't had a chance to check out the Zend > LaunchPad. The installation (Apache Linux PHP 4.04pl1+patches) took me about > 30 minutes for client and server which included the wait on the license key. > It took us another day to put up because there is no mention that the > debugger doesn't work with the optimizer on. Zend customer service fixed > that though. > > The IDE is pretty nice. Startup (Windows version through Samba) takes a > long time and there are still some crashing issues. It's nowhere near as > spry as PHPEd but we're talking about a integrated debugger. The interface > is Swing-based as near as I can tell and my main gripe besides the speed is > I can't use the scroll wheel. It still crashes a bunch (not sure if it's the > debugger or what). I passed it off to an engineer so I can't comment > further. (He's having trouble getting it to recognize the include files. > Anyone have a tip?) > > BTW, the debugger has a browser mode, it sends off some codes in a the > get string of the URL. I didn't test it. > > Some people like source level debuggers and I think it's a good tool > especially considering all the headaches Nexidion Designer gave us a while > back. Personally, the last time I used a debugger, I was making a calculator > using an 80186 (the debugger was a hardware one the size of two coffee table > books stacked next to each other) so obviously I never got used to them. If > you come from the Boreland C/Visual Studio world, I suppose you might find > the IDE essential. If my engineers ever use it, I'll get the company to > spring for a license or 5. > > Take care, > > terry > > -- > terry chay, Director of Engineering, > <http://www.QIXO.com/> > QIXO /kick.so/ - Integrating Many Travel Web Sites Into One > W: 1.408.394-8102 F:1.408.516.9090 M: 1.408.314.0717 > E-Mail: <mailto:tychay@qixo.com> ICQ: 16069322 > PGP Fingerprint: 6DCF 1634 547C 935D 4912 2A44 A4A2 79AB DFFF F110 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >