My development environment
Sunday, December 16th, 2007 by Favio
Some of my comrades at work look at me in awe (alright, more like with a “WTF? are you insane” stare) when I tell them that my preferred php ide is Notepad++ (plus one of the proggy fonts). I do use gVim too, when I’m on debian (with fluxbox!).
I wonder, is that really unusual? xD
If I couple my tabbed Notepad++ interface with 2 or 3 explorer windows, I have all I need for web development. I don’t think I have to mention Firefox, and all the incredible extensions available. I really don’t. This post mentions some of the essential Firefox add-ons, and some that I didn’t know at the time I read it.
I know that Zend Studio, APtana, PHP Designer, or PHP Eclipse (this has a specific name I don’t remember), are one of the tools I should be using according to the majority of my fellow programmers. However, all I want is syntax coloring, and perhaps a debugger. So yeah, I’m looking for a minimalist editor that provides debugging facilities for PHP. xD
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2 comments to “My development environment”
nicklas said (on January 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 am ):
Have you tried out webuilder 2007 or NuSphere PhpED ? they are not free but I like the NuSphere PhpED with built in sftp/ftp/webdav, ssh client and db clients.
Favio said (on January 24th, 2008 at 3:17 am ):
I’m trying NuSphere now, it looks awesome but so far it does not follow my way of doing things. I’m just way too minimalist it seems. xD
Thanks for the recommendation though. It is one very solid alternative for an IDE in the PHP world. I’m still evaluating it.