Jon Baer wrote:
Not sure what OS but ... It may or may not work for you, but going the
reverse route of lightweight editors and FirePHP is a good free simple
route. Originally I felt the same that the more tools in an IDE the
better and was excited about the idea of a DB query tool in the IDE but
things really slow down after that.
I currently do the development on Windope, but I plan to redistribute
the usage of my PCs in such a way as that I can reduce the number of
Windope boxes in favour of (K)Ubuntu. I don't mind either platform, but
for right now I'd tend towards Windope just to keep the fear of the
unknown out of the equation.
While I like Luckasoft's MySQL client a lot, I don't need to have it
integrated into the IDE and do all kinds of stuff. My SQL skills cover
the basic insert, update, select, and delete queries, so I don't need a
DB client that is so much smarter than I am. Also, I find that the free
MySQL tools aren't bad, but a bit clumsy and sometimes a bit broken.
But I do want some project management, a debugger, and a link between
code word and PHP manual (such as F1 help in Enginsite). Can I do
without all that, sure, but then I'd use notepad and write perfect
code...ehem.
A new OS X editor for PHP that is pretty nice is Coda. No Windows clone
yet.
Linkage
http://www.firephp.org/Reference/Documentation/Introduction.htm
http://www.panic.com/coda/
Other lightweights for Win ...
http://www.e-texteditor.com
http://intype.info
I took FirePHP for a spin and it works, it for sure gives a nice
overview what is happening on the page, but for me it is like riding a
bike without training wheels - and yes, I still need those.
It would be nice to see a "How I Work" section on nyphp.org for IDE
recommendations. I feel the topic comes up alot w/ good pros and cons.
- Jon
I can wrap up my evaluations / findings in a document. I need to edit it
once written as I tend to be very wordy....seems to be a German thing
that doesn't go well with Americans, see
http://www.atlantic-times.com/archive_detail.php?recordID=143
David
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