* Re: [gentoo-user] Developmnet Environment for PHP and PERL
@ 2005-11-08 22:29 99% ` Michael Shaw
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From: Michael Shaw @ 2005-11-08 22:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Stuart Herbert wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 10:33 -0800, Michael Shaw wrote:
>
>
>>What editor do people use for PHP and Perl development. I'm looking for
>>something with syntax highlighting and such, so that rules ut vi or gedit.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Mike
>>
>>
>
>I used the php-mode for emacs when I co-wrote the Zend Certification
>Study Guide. Unlike vim, emacs actually parses and understands the code
>it's editing; this makes the syntax highlighting and indentation support
>much more flexible and accurate. I'd go as far as saying that the
>auto-indentation support for php-mode for emacs is by far the best I've
>worked with to date.
>
>Today, I use the phpEclipse plugin for Eclipse 3.0. I'm very happy with
>this. Performance is very good, the object browser works better than
>php-mode for Emacs did, and it's very useful indeed to be able to search
>all the files of a project from within the editor. There's also the
>advantage of being able to use other Eclipse plugins, such as support
>for subversion. phpEclipse is my main environment, which I use a good
>8-10 hours in a working day.
>
>I tried Zend Studio about 18 months ago, but didn't like it. I found
>the performance was too slow (hate using software that can't keep up
>with my typing!), auto-indenting was inflexible (and I couldn't convince
>Zeev why that mattered :(, there was no subversion support, and no
>anti-aliased font support (tiring on the eyes when your main machine is
>a laptop). I haven't tried Zend Studio 4, and have no idea whether it
>has improved in any of these areas or not.
>
>Can't comment on a good environment for perl. Last time I used perl
>seriously was in '96. Things have changed a lot since then.
>
>Hope that helps,
>Stu
>
>
I'll try phpEclipse. I'll peruse the wiki to see if I can get it set up.
Thanks.
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