The Best Php Ide, Phpstorm - My Review

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Anveto, Feb 9, 2013.

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    Hello fellow DP members, I recently wrote a review of PHPStorm on my blog and wanted to share it here to help anyone who is looking for a better IDE and explain why I love it so much. Please know that I am not getting paid for the review and I do NOT participate in any kind of affiliate program for jetbrains or phpstorm. Please let me know what you guys think!

    http://markustenghamn.com/best-php-ide-jetbrains-phpstorm-review-2013
     
    Anveto, Feb 9, 2013 IP
  2. deathshadow

    deathshadow Acclaimed Member

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    I find it unusual people would even WANT an IDE for PHP. Maybe I've been programming for too long, but much like HTML to me something like a IDE is a waste of time, effort and to be frank, gets in the way of my just writing code -- that's why I use flat text editors like Flo's notepad2 or notepad++ and then *SHOCK* test on an actual server in actual browsers.

    But then most of the 'programmers aids' that even normal flat editors come with these days just piss me off or get in the way. The illegible acid trip of color syntax highlighting, the completely useless to multiple display users garbage of tabbed editing or wasting screenspace on some goofy 'management' pane that I would never use because I know how to use a file tree in a separate window and how to organize my code... Autocomplete garbage I spend more time correcting than using as by the time I look at the screen and realize what it's trying to do, I could have already typed the **** thing...

    How do people get any actual WORK done with these things?
     
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  3. innozemec

    innozemec Active Member

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    I never use IDEs for anything.. just a normal editor i am used to and write every letter of code by my own fingers :)
     
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    x-man Active Member

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    Only what I using for php that is great EditPlus editor and not only for php, I using it for javascript, html etc....
     
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    innozemec Active Member

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    thats my secondary editor :)
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Over the years I wanted to like an IDE, but as deathshadow mentioned, I always found them getting in the way and myself getting less done trying to use them, so I always reverted back to a normal text editor. Even PHP Storm I *wanted* to like, but just found myself getting less done with it for whatever reason (no idea way). Then about a year ago I tried out Zend Studio, and finally found an IDE that doesn't get in my way. After using it for a year, I can't imagine having it taken away from me. HTML, XML, etc it's still best to do with a straight text editor in my opinion, as is small PHP stuff... But when you are managing large PHP apps, I can't say enough good about Zend Studio.
     
    digitalpoint, Feb 10, 2013 IP