On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 14:31 -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > 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 > > > Above a class method for example, just type /** and hit enter, and it auto fills based on the arguments for that method. It even has a good pop at getting the correct type for a return object when it returns a non scaler or array type. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
