Gentoo 2005.1, MySQL vrs Oracle, PostgreSQL 8.1 and Random PHP Stuff
Posted on October 12, 2005
#2 - OS/X, PDO, and Framewerk
Posted on October 01, 2005
Zend IDE: A Surpise
Posted on July 12, 2005
I've downloaded evaluation copies of it before. I've gone as far as to install it. But I never spent much time with it. As a vi type guy, I've had a tendency to stay away from big IDE's for PHP development. That is I did, until I started playing with KDevelop. While it didn't get me 100% of the way to where I wanted to be, the integrated CVS tools and object browsing was enough to get me hooked.
With my switch to the Mac Mini and my still messed up key mappings, I decided it was time to try the Zend IDE out for real. Installation was easy enough, though as of right now the local server isn't working quite right, and I don't have a remote one setup yet. So, I've not even touched the debugging portions of it yet.
But what I have done is started editing my code in it. The editor is suprisingly fast on this machine for being a Java application. Seems that they're working hard to change my biases against Java based applications. The code completion bit is fast and works great. The file and object browser work great, and if that wasn't enough to justify using it, the integrated SQL connectivity as really nice. I like having the ability to browse a tree of my database objects and run queries right from my editor instead of alt-tabbing to a terminal window or pgAdmin III.
Like the Mac Mini, I'm going to give it a bit to see if it sticks, but I must say, it's a good start.
With my switch to the Mac Mini and my still messed up key mappings, I decided it was time to try the Zend IDE out for real. Installation was easy enough, though as of right now the local server isn't working quite right, and I don't have a remote one setup yet. So, I've not even touched the debugging portions of it yet.
But what I have done is started editing my code in it. The editor is suprisingly fast on this machine for being a Java application. Seems that they're working hard to change my biases against Java based applications. The code completion bit is fast and works great. The file and object browser work great, and if that wasn't enough to justify using it, the integrated SQL connectivity as really nice. I like having the ability to browse a tree of my database objects and run queries right from my editor instead of alt-tabbing to a terminal window or pgAdmin III.
Like the Mac Mini, I'm going to give it a bit to see if it sticks, but I must say, it's a good start.
