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Good editor [message #1476] Wed, 26 September 2007 11:26 Go to next message
Amanda is currently offline Amanda
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Registered: January 2007
Location: Pennsylvania
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What do all of you code in? I'm looking for a decent editor. I've been using Rapid PHP but maybe one of you know of something better?
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Re: Good editor [message #1478 is a reply to message #1476 ] Wed, 26 September 2007 12:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
eChantal is currently offline eChantal
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Location: Montreal, Canada
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I've been using Eclipse. It's pretty useful (and free). You can use it with xdebug. You can add breakpoints, it has syntax highlighting, integration with source controls (SVN, VSS etc)... It's pretty much all you'd need Wink

I also tried Zend Studio and it's also quite good. But expensive.

Chantal

eChantal
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Re: Good editor [message #1481 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 27 September 2007 04:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
KathyReid is currently offline KathyReid
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http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/distributions/php.html

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Re: Good editor [message #1485 is a reply to message #1481 ] Thu, 27 September 2007 18:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Amanda is currently offline Amanda
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Registered: January 2007
Location: Pennsylvania
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Thanks! I'm playing around with it now. Smile
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Re: Good editor [message #1490 is a reply to message #1476 ] Sat, 29 September 2007 11:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lig is currently offline lig
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I have used vim for years... and occasionally use phped for large projects for the last year or so.

[Updated on: Sat, 29 September 2007 11:14]

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Re: Good editor [message #1492 is a reply to message #1476 ] Sat, 29 September 2007 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sablewing is currently offline sablewing
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Registered: June 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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I like PHP Designer from MP Software. They have a personal edition. I have a copy from a couple of years ago when the site only offered a free version. http://www.mpsoftware.dk/

I also like Notepad++, a free download replacement for Notepad on Windows. It has syntax highlighting for PHP and several other languages, supports tabbed editing, multi file find and replace, and some other nice features. Unfortunately, no debugger, but I need to learn how to setup a server connected debugger session at some point anyway, too many include files to really debug in a regular IDE. http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

And here is a site that does reviews of PHP editors, http://www.php-editors.com/, it's how I found PHP Designer a couple of years ago.

And of course vi is always useful when I connected into the server I'm working with. Smile

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Re: Good editor [message #1498 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 04 October 2007 13:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
melaniemad is currently offline melaniemad
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I also love Vim.

It's simple and can do all the highlighting.

Melanie
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Re: Good editor [message #1506 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 04 October 2007 20:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
j.rf is currently offline j.rf
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I am one of the lucky bitches who keeps winning Zend Studio (twice so far) and I find it an incredibly great tool for (big) PHP projects.

The only drawback seems to be the price, but hey, just follow my example ! (win it !)

For small projects or just a quick peek at code I regularly use ConText (Zend is a heavy CPU eater). ConText does excellent (and highly customizable) code highlighting for more languages than you will probably care for, is light-weight and has some project management facilities as well.

Grz, Juliette
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Re: Good editor [message #1545 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 18 October 2007 01:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
beforeamillionuniverses is currently offline beforeamillionuniverses
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Location: SF Bay Area
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I like Jedit, I like on the fly keyboard macros and I couldn't find them in Eclipse. But some of Jedit's features don't work on my Mac like folding.
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Re: Good editor [message #1547 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 18 October 2007 08:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ElizabethN is currently offline ElizabethN
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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I might also recommend taking a look at PhpEd. It does just about everything Zend Studio did and for a lot less... and members of PHPW get a discount, too.

The only drawback is that they do not yet have a Mac version, but I know one is in the works.

-E
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Re: Good editor [message #1560 is a reply to message #1476 ] Mon, 22 October 2007 01:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sree is currently offline sree
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Eclipse - free - quiet friendly!
JEdit - u can even define syntax highlighting for cms tools like drupal too ....

zend studio / dreamweaver - other good options ....

Sree

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Re: Good editor [message #1608 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 15 November 2007 14:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sherri is currently offline sherri
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Registered: November 2007
Location: Canada
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I've been using Dreamweaver in Code view for a while and it's my favourite. Especially the powerful searching.

I've tried Zend Studio (nice but expensive) and I tried Eclipse recently - nice too, but the search functionality was a bit lacking for me.

Dreamweaver is pricey too, but I got it from work.

Another ok free one is HTML-Kit with various PHP plugins added.

At a previous job I had Zend Studio with all the great add ons like the encoder and phpdoc generator. Loved that. But now I use Ioncube for encoding and I'm still looking for a non-web phpdoc generator.
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Re: Good editor [message #1638 is a reply to message #1476 ] Sun, 25 November 2007 09:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
TheMia is currently offline TheMia
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Registered: November 2007
Location: Kalamazoo
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I use Crimson Editor. Its free from downloads.com. I like it because it's simple, small, and fast. I have visual studio 2005, and get annoyed at how long it takes to load a project. Crimson is instant. Plus it has a cute Icon.

List of some features that Crimson Editor has:
  • Tabbed windows
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Tabbed editing
  • Search and replace for open files.
  • Directory Pane and output window
  • Macro ability
  • Open an existing document from ftp server
  • Detect document syntax automatically.


Wikipedia has a comparison of texteditors at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors

I've used Vim before too, and really liked it.

[Updated on: Sun, 25 November 2007 09:29]

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Re: Good editor [message #1723 is a reply to message #1476 ] Mon, 07 January 2008 17:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kyera is currently offline Kyera
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Registered: January 2008
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Interesting to see how many editors are out there and how everybody chooses a different one.

I also tried quite a few and finally decided to use Kate, which came as the default text editor of my Kubuntu installation.
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Re: Good editor [message #1864 is a reply to message #1476 ] Tue, 19 February 2008 20:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Esmeralda is currently offline Esmeralda
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I almost always use Dreamweaver. I use Zend when it is pure PHP code, but DW when I mix with HTML.
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Re: Good editor [message #1878 is a reply to message #1864 ] Thu, 21 February 2008 13:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rave is currently offline rave
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Netherlands
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Esmeralda does it my style only i dont mix with zend but with komodo wich i have a license for Very Happy

At the end of the day you will see, that site .. its developed by me .. [Don't play with fire, play with rave.]
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Re: Good editor [message #1992 is a reply to message #1478 ] Thu, 15 May 2008 05:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lucybuykx is currently offline lucybuykx
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Registered: April 2008
Location: UK
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I've just downloaded Eclipse for Windows.

Its going to be the dumb thing that stops me using it before I even start. Can anyone tell me how to set the editor to word wrap ? I can't stand having to use the scroll bar to read stuff.
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Re: Good editor [message #1994 is a reply to message #1476 ] Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lorna is currently offline lorna
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Leeds, UK
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I have no idea, and I can't find it in my Zend Studio for Eclipse anywhere ... I can't bear wordwrap so I guess I never noticed the option isn't there! If you find it then post and let us know where

Lorna Mitchell (online at http://www.lornajane.net)
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Re: Good editor [message #3169 is a reply to message #1476 ] Thu, 10 June 2010 10:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
evejones is currently offline evejones
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Registered: December 2008
Location: UK
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I was using Komodo Edit from Activestate, which was quite ok if not perfect. As im used to using Netbeans for Java I am using that now for php. Its quite good so far. I was thinking of trying eclipse but im not sure of the difference between netbeans and eclipse, which i have not used. Does anyone have an opinion about eclipse vs netbeans ?

[Updated on: Thu, 10 June 2010 10:19]

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Re: Good editor [message #3181 is a reply to message #1476 ] Tue, 13 July 2010 22:25 Go to previous message
likethegoddess is currently offline likethegoddess
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Registered: July 2010
Location: San Francisco
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I've used Crimson Editor for a while. There was something, I don't recall now, that I didn't like about the UI. I've been using using Programmer's Notepad (http://www.pnotepad.org/) now for a while, which also support a bunch of other languages HTML to Assembler.

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