Visual Studio for PHP!!
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Hi, I want to ask what's similar to visual studio in the PHP world to use for IDE development? Thanks, Jassim
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Have a look at http://www.aptana.com/[^]
but all these are editors NOT IDEs so there is no components like the Label, Text, Checkbox, etc just like the way it is there in Visual Studio.. Does this mean all PHP IDEs are just Editors or I can still find real IDE? Regards, Jassim
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but all these are editors NOT IDEs so there is no components like the Label, Text, Checkbox, etc just like the way it is there in Visual Studio.. Does this mean all PHP IDEs are just Editors or I can still find real IDE? Regards, Jassim
So you prefer to drag a component from a toolbox rather than hand code? OK, try this ... Well, then go spend a lot of money buying Microsoft Expressions, even then it might not do everything that you want. However, you could also spend some money hoping that this PHP plugin for Visual Studio, available from here http://www.jcxsoftware.com/vs.php[^], can do what you want, but as I have not had reason to use that VS plugin, thus, I could not possibly comment.
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So you prefer to drag a component from a toolbox rather than hand code? OK, try this ... Well, then go spend a lot of money buying Microsoft Expressions, even then it might not do everything that you want. However, you could also spend some money hoping that this PHP plugin for Visual Studio, available from here http://www.jcxsoftware.com/vs.php[^], can do what you want, but as I have not had reason to use that VS plugin, thus, I could not possibly comment.
you are bad :) I am kidding.. I am new to PHP development and I was just simply asking if the PHO world has similar thing to more about it...
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but all these are editors NOT IDEs so there is no components like the Label, Text, Checkbox, etc just like the way it is there in Visual Studio.. Does this mean all PHP IDEs are just Editors or I can still find real IDE? Regards, Jassim
Even if Visual Studio did not contain a Visual Designer, a ToolBox, etc, it would still be an IDE. All it takes to be an IDE is to have two or more components that are necessary in software development. Any app that offers editing+compiling+debugging IS an IDE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment[^] :)
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you are bad :) I am kidding.. I am new to PHP development and I was just simply asking if the PHO world has similar thing to more about it...
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Hi, I want to ask what's similar to visual studio in the PHP world to use for IDE development? Thanks, Jassim
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Hi, I want to ask what's similar to visual studio in the PHP world to use for IDE development? Thanks, Jassim
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but all these are editors NOT IDEs so there is no components like the Label, Text, Checkbox, etc just like the way it is there in Visual Studio.. Does this mean all PHP IDEs are just Editors or I can still find real IDE? Regards, Jassim
Judging from the other posts, you are new to PHP and welcome to PHP by the way.
jrahma wrote:
there is no components like the Label, Text, Checkbox, etc just like the way it is there in Visual Studio..
PHP is a Server side scripting langauge and does not have UI components built into the language. You have to still use the HTML UI components and tie in the PHP on the back end to the HTML labels, textboxes, comboboxes, etc.
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Hi, I want to ask what's similar to visual studio in the PHP world to use for IDE development? Thanks, Jassim
Hello Jassim, If you are looking for something free, you can either use eclipse along with XDebug. Take a look at this article: http://devzone.zend.com/1147/debugging-php-applications-with-xdebug/[^] If you are willing to spend a few bucks, I highly recommend Nusphere PHPED. You can download a trial version from here: http://www.nusphere.com/download.php.ide.htm[^] Personally I prefer Nusphere PHPED over Eclipse, NetBeans, or even Zend Development Environment because I find it a lot more user friendly and Visual Studio like, speaking of which there is also a PHP Visual Studio add-on which let's you develop PHP solutions inside Visual Studio. Take a look at that here: http://www.jcxsoftware.com/[^]
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Hello Jassim, If you are looking for something free, you can either use eclipse along with XDebug. Take a look at this article: http://devzone.zend.com/1147/debugging-php-applications-with-xdebug/[^] If you are willing to spend a few bucks, I highly recommend Nusphere PHPED. You can download a trial version from here: http://www.nusphere.com/download.php.ide.htm[^] Personally I prefer Nusphere PHPED over Eclipse, NetBeans, or even Zend Development Environment because I find it a lot more user friendly and Visual Studio like, speaking of which there is also a PHP Visual Studio add-on which let's you develop PHP solutions inside Visual Studio. Take a look at that here: http://www.jcxsoftware.com/[^]
Pete Soheil DigiOz Multimedia http://www.digioz.com
i am alreadu noe using adobe dreamweaver and it is perfect.