[geeklog-devel] Zend Editor

[Tony Bibbs]

Yeah, this does become a coke vs pepsi sort of argument but you should 
try the new version compatible with PHP5.  Granted I have a pretty hefty 
laptop but everything is quite snappy.  Right click menus, debugging, 
code analyzer, etc all work faster than I could tolerate (which is good).

IMHO, the debugger alone with the standard watches, breakpoints, call 
stack, etc is worth it.

For me it is also a no brainer, we are getting professional copies here 
at work ;-)

--Tony

Blaine Lang wrote:

>Hi Tony,
>
>I too have never been overly impressed with the ActiveState IDE. I just
>found it too slow on my WinXP desktop and it's not a under-powered desktop.
>I also recently tried the ZendStudio and liked it but I keep coming back to
>my super fast editor that I love to use - EditPlus.  I do like the
>integrated debugger but I also found it slow at times - no where as bad as
>Komodo. I just hate it when I'm typing and there is a delay.
>
>My trial expired before I had given it enough hour of testing. I know there
>are many benefits and it takes time to change your style and get used to a
>new devel environment.
>
>Blaine
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony at tonybibbs.com>
>To: <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:00 AM
>Subject: [geeklog-devel] Zend Editor
>
>
>I've tried, in vain, to get free professional edition copies of Zend
>Studio.  The best they could offer was the academic discount of 25%
>off.   That takes the $250 price tag down to $187.  For what it is
>worth, my full trial version expired today and a few features got
>disabled.  To my amazement, however, the debugger still works which...by
>itself is worth gold.
>
>That being said, I'd really encourage those who haven't tried it to give
>it a try.  I've dumped my ActiveState license for Zend and I would have
>done so even if my employer wasn't buying us some licenses.  The
>features that I have noticed that have been disabled is CVS integration
>and the introspection stuff which is handy but not terribly useful, IMHO.
>
>Anyway, let me know if anybody wants the full blown version at that price.
>
>--Tony
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