On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:20 AM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I teach using NetBeans, because it generally sucks less than Eclipse. > Eclipse is simply too complicated and NetBeans tries to be less, but it's > still too much. > Have you tried PHPStorm? I installed it but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. Despite the name, I believe it is designed to handle (X)HTML, JavaScript, and CSS as well. I use and prefer Eclipse for Python and Java code, but I found its PHP support severely lacking the last time I checked (a year ago?). However, at this new job since I do mostly PHP I stick to NetBeans even when working in Java occasionally. It's just easier to use the same tool since all the menus and key commands are just different enough. I can't objectively comment on which layout is better. I prefer Eclipse, but I used it for a few years before trying NetBeans and am simply more comfortable with it. Both are great and horrible at the same time. :) I do have to say that NetBeans more than Eclipse will randomly become unusable for unknown reasons: disk and CPU activity spike, code-completion lags, whatever. Eclipse seems more solid in this regard. David
