[UPHPU] Which application environment is proper for begining php?

[David Boucha]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Michael Jones <jmjones at sisna.com> wrote:

> Haven't tried Komodo... I *think* it's geared towards HTML production more
> than PHP, but I could be wrong.
>
> Zend is nice, but quite expensive for simply learning PHP.  A good
> alternative is Aptana Studio, which is fairly similar to Zend but supports
> several other languages easily (CSS, JavaScript, etc. are all syntax
> highlighted as well, something Zend didn't always do properly.)
>
> I don't reccommend Dreamweaver for learning any sort of coding.  It is nice
> for doing WYSIWYG editing, and the code it produces is cleaner than the
> alternatives, but not a good way to go for doing PHP. (IMO anyways)
>
> Eclipse is pretty good as well, if you can get the proper plugins
> installed.  Aptana and Zend are both just packages of Eclipse with
> additional features or functionality, but both are simpler to get up and
> running than getting Eclipse to work with PHP plugins.
>
>
> Personally, I use Aptana for development now.  The community edition is
> free and fully functional, and works pretty nicely.  There is a professional
> version that adds some extras (such as a custom SFTP plugin), which runs
> about $99, compared to Zend's $400+.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
I second the Aptana recommendation. I started using it a couple of weeks
ago. It's great.