We’ve got something here…
October 18th, 2006
Leroy is a Zend PHP Certified Engineer from Crestview FL. He has been computing for over two decades, drag-racing for 13 years and spent a year with a band as a guitarist
Leroy LeeseWeb Programmer/DeveloperProgrammer
I have been searching high and low for development software that meets the following criteria:
- Connects to web based version control
- Has functional reference for PHP
- Runs on multiple platforms (PC/Mac)
- Easily manipulates and assists with CSS/JavaScript/(X)HTML
And the good news is, I have finally found a solution… I recommend any team doing distributed development on multiple development and deployment platforms use the following setup:
Eclipse 3.1.1
Subclipse 1.0.0
Aptana 0.2.5
PHPEclipse 1.1.8
Using Aptana, you can be FTP’ing into the website. With Subversion, you have version/source control. With PHPEclipse you have reference, templates and with Eclipse you have a distributed platform. Its a dream come true. Why couldn’t I find someone recommending this setup on a website before I invested dozens of hours in research? I think that people are either satisfied with the Zend Framework, or they simply don’t have the cross-platform needs that we have. And frankly, most designers we work with are completely satisfied with Dreamweaver MX/8 and the check-in/check-out process it affords. For the time being, when I work with those developers, I will have Dreamweaver running concurrently in order to make sure I don’t stomp (or overwrite) the designer’s updates. Until we get to point where we are solely a development shop, and can ease off design, we’ll run this setup…or maybe we can develop an Eclipse plugin that will allow us to simulate DW check-in/check-out while using Eclipse…hmm…