[geeklog-devel] Zend Editor

Justin Carlson pyrox_pro at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 18 12:08:43 EDT 2004


Yes, it's the only way he can get me off of Vim
It's the first setup I've liked well enough to change my ways.

- Justin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony at tonybibbs.com>
To: <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Zend Editor


> 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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