Hi!
Since years I am using Luckasoft's EnginSite PHP Editor as IDE. It works
well and has many features that more expensive IDEs offer. There is one
major drawback to this IDE: the implementation of the debugger (PHP dbg)
is....well....goofy. If I want to debug a series of scripts I have to
automatically set a breakpoint at the beginning of each script. So when
I start at login and want to debug something 6 script files down, I have
to stop and continue six times before I get to the real breakpoint where
I want to look at things. That is so utterly annoying and Luckasoft is
kinda unresponsive to this issue that I set out to look for another IDE.
I really like EnginSite PHP, but when adding a bunch of echos for
debugging is faster than using a debugger, something's not right.
I looked so far at Zend, but don't get the GUI. It seems to be overly
complicated. I then tried some of these Eclipse based hodgepodges, but
they lack a lot of features if I ever can get them to run. And I tried
NuSphere PHPEd. I like it a lot and consider the Pro version, but I and
my wallet can't get over the sticker shock of 299$. I'm not saying the
app isn't worth that, but for a hobbyist with a budget of about 0$ that
is a bit pricey.
So, the question of the day is: Which other IDEs do you recommend that I
look at?
Any pointers are welcome.
David
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