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Best Editor / IDE (?) For Javascript / PHP Development

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Improved PHP, MySql, HTML and JavaScript IDE

I am primarily a C # .NET developer, and I try to use VB.NET when I need to work with older applications inside the organization.

I have been doing more work with PHP and Javascript lately, mainly in the Wordpress domain.

I think Visual Studio is a great development environment, very familiar with it. Is there anything in this defacto standard for PHP development?

I am looking for functions like intellisense to speed things up where possible, etc.

I watched CodeLobster , which is free, but I am willing to pay if something is especially good there. What is Visual Studio for PHP Developers?

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Not sure if this is Visual Studio for PHP, but Netbeans is the best IDE for PHP I've used.

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I feel Komodo Edit is a great tool.

  • It supports autocomplete, both from the standard library and from special code.
  • It can handle multiple language files (e.g. HTML with PHP tags and some Javascript), with autocompletion for all of them
  • Fully scriptable in Javascript and Python
  • Recognizes many languages
  • Is open source
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Aptana Studio is a great product. It also allows you to use many Eclipse plugins.

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Zend Studio IMO is the Visual Studio of the PHP world. Pretty good product.

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If you are looking for an IDE, I would look at Komodo or Zend Studio . You can also look at InteliJ , but this is less than PHP / Javascript and then others.

Personally, I find little if there is a need for an IDE with TextMate. Everything I need is processed. If you refuse autocompletion and start remembering function calls (rather than a trivial task, but better in the long run), it prepares you more for situations where you do not have access to all the fancy tools you are used to. When you have a bad server and end up using SSH and VI [M] to fix something that you really can.

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I am using PHPEclipse for PHP (either this or just Notepad ++). I like to use Eclipse for most of my development because it supports most languages ​​and has tons of plugins if you need them. There is JSEclipse, as well as a JS plugin for all eclipses.

There's also NetBeans, which is a bit lighter. This meant for Java, but PHP also works fine.

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