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

[Michael Jones]

There are more benefits to using an IDE than just being "used to Windows 
type editors".  I haven't used Windows for development for years, and I 
still use an IDE for some tasks.  It all depends on what you're doing 
with it.

In Anil's case, an IDE like Aptana or Zend would likely be beneficial 
because of the autocompletion, syntax verification and highlighting.  
Others who develop professionally (like myself) find the built in SVN 
tools and project organization to be extremely helpful for large scale 
projects.  I'm still prone to edit a script with Vi, nano or pico, or 
any random text editor that happens to be available... but that's simply 
because I'm already comfortable with doing so.

Starting out, it's nice to have some extra functionality at hand to give 
you hints as to where problems are in the code.  It's a lot less 
frustrating to have a line highlighted than to be trying to locate an 
error when you're unfamiliar with the code.

Once you get comfortable writing in PHP, then you can experiment in 
different environments to see what works best for you.

Scott Hill wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Kyle Waters<unum at unum5.org>  wrote:
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>> Maybe we better get more background.  We are all assuming where you are
>> coming from(and looks like I've over assumed, as others have noted).  Have
>> you programmed before?  What languages?  Do you know html?  What are you
>> hoping to do with PHP?  What enviroments have you used to program in the
>> past?
>> I used to use Blue Fish because it had button to do html tags, but I found
>> I type everything by hand anyway now that I know HTML, so I switched to
>> gedit and vim.  They both do syntax highlighting very well.  I've found
>> little use for any ide with php, but may be others have  different
>> experiences.
>> Kyle
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> A man after my own heart!  If you don't know Vi (Vim) and you are more used
> to WIndows type editors, then check out some of the free php editors that
> are available.  Start simple. IMHO unless you are doing some AJAX, you don't
> need an IDE.  Even having said that, Firefox can tell you exactly where your
> AJAX javascript booboos are.
>
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>> --
>> Scott Hill
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