> But I highly doubt you'll find a first-class PHP code IDE (Zend Studio) that > is also a first-class HTML layout tool (Dreamweaver). My 2006 rant said I'll accept multiple tools. I'll have to find that post and see if my needs have changed. Ahh here: I am looking for a tool (or tools) that can do the following: Use a Model Driven Architecture (Ex. Gentleware's "just model" concept and Applied Models' "the model is the program" concept) UML (Ex. Sun Java Studio Enterprise) Generate Database from UML (Ex. Umbrello) Generate Classes from UML (Ex. Umbrello/Sun Java Studio Enterprise -- backend classes) UI Design (Ex. Netbeans Matisse -- frontend classes) Integrate AJAX toolkits (Ex. Aptana/Dojo/jMaki) Separate application code from presentation, Model-View-Controller (Ex. Smarty/symfony) Deploy/Convert to HTML/Javascript (Ex. Google Web Toolkit/Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition --> design in Design view and have automatic code generated in "code behind" Source view) Code Refactoring (Ex. Sun Java Studio Enterprise/Netbeans) The above tools do some part of the workflow I want, but they do not play well together as far as I know (usually because they are based on a specific language or dialect of that language). And some do not have a web application as the deployment target. > Then you don't want to be working in HTML. True. With the ongoing browser wars, let vendors like Yahoo and YUI handle that layer. And let's start getting some decent requirements http://www.serena.com/products/prototype-composer/home.html and http://www.visual-paradigm.com/ Okay okay, maybe I'm advancing myself out of a job. _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
