On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Arno Kuhl <akuhl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave M G [mailto:martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 09 November 2009 05:36 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Anyone using Aptana and Xdebug? Or other debugger > recommendations besides Zend? > > PHP List, > > I won't go into a big rant about Zend, and instead simply say that while I > was using Zend Studio to debug PHP pages since version 5.0. I was never > really all that happy with it. It seemed to be the most complete debugging > environment for PHP, so I put up with it. I will say that the Studio > installation procedure has got better, but setting up a reliable debugging > server has not. > > Now, the current version of Zend Studio (7.0) is based on Eclipse (I think > since v6.0), and so I'm just not sure what I'm paying for anymore. > Aptana Studio, also based on Eclipse has pretty much the exact same > interface and can even connect to a Zend server. > > Since one of those is free, I can't see why I wouldn't switch. The issue > for > me is that paying for Zend hasn't really saved me much hassle, so even if > Aptana has difficulties, at least they are free difficulties. > > The main failing point, so far as I can see, of Aptana/Xdebug, is a lack of > good, clear, documentation (also note that Zend doesn't have great > documentation either). Especially on how to set it up. > > I was wondering if anyone has used it and could provide a link or > instructions on how to get the debugging environment up and running. > > Or, equally as valuable, would be recommendations on other debugging > environments. The key is finding one that has a clear set of instructions > for how to set it up (On Ubuntu/Debian Linux with a local LAMP server.) > > Thanks for any advice. > > Dave M G > -- > > Dave, take a look at PhpED from Nusphere. I've used the Windows version > very > happily for the last 6 years. There is a Linux version but I haven't tried > it so can't comment - from the forum I gather that most users use the > Windows version. Debugging in PhpED is brilliant, but so is the rest of the > IDE. I also looked at Zend Studio every now and then over the last few > years > to see how it was progressing, but wasn't that impressed. > > Cheers > Arno > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Why anyone needs to buy a IDE for develop PHP code? You can use any text editor. I use SciTE. It is free and open source. It does not provide any tool of any kind. It just allow me to write code, and that's all I need. Also there are a lot of tools for development. And IDE is just a fat text editor with lot of tools on it, and in some cases it can make your development slower. You can improve your development with a set of lightweight tools, this is the linux style. -- Martin Scotta
