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Posted: 17 January 2012 04:07 PM

[ Ignore ]

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I’ve been using Eclipse for some time now, and while it gets the job done, some of its nuances really drive me up a wall. Can anyone recommend better IDE?

My requirements:
- Mac-compatible
- Free (as in beer)

Additional language support is a non-factor, since I only write PHP anymore.

The winner will receive fabulous prizes.

johnpeace

Posted: 18 January 2012 04:20 PM

[ Ignore ] [ # 1 ] [ Rating: 0 ]

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mrpaco85 - 17 January 2012 04:07 PM
I’ve been using Eclipse for some time now, and while it gets the job done, some of its nuances really drive me up a wall. Can anyone recommend better IDE?

My requirements:
- Mac-compatible
- Free (as in beer)

Additional language support is a non-factor, since I only write PHP anymore.

The winner will receive fabulous prizes.

The free ones aren’t better.

PhpStorm is worth it’s price…so id Coda, though it’s not as PHP specific.

Jason Stanley

Posted: 18 January 2012 04:46 PM

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Joined: 2011-12-28
164 posts

I use Sublime Text: http://www.sublimetext.com/2

Not an IDE but its a great code editor. I used to use Coda but found that SublimeText was ultimately better for coding in general.

CroNiX

Posted: 18 January 2012 04:52 PM

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oh, this question….again…

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johnpeace

Posted: 18 January 2012 04:59 PM

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God, I know…

What DIFFERENCE does it make?
Did you not know you could Google ‘php IDE review’ and find countless blog posts, articles, comments from users of all of them?
WTF does this have to do with Codeigniter?

John_Betong_002

Posted: 18 January 2012 11:40 PM

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Joined: 2011-03-08
417 posts

Just stumbled across this comprehensive article from a Brazilian professor who has been programming long before many CI users were born

http://phpmaster.com/how-i-chose-my-programming-editor/

>>> The winner will receive fabulous prizes.

Do I qualify?

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vbsaltydog

Posted: 20 January 2012 06:57 AM

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Joined: 2011-05-19
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Not an IDE, but a good code editor for OS X is textwrangler

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Jason Stanley

Posted: 20 January 2012 08:05 AM

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johnpeace - 18 January 2012 04:59 PM
What DIFFERENCE does it make?

The right code editor can make you massively more productive. It can help you discover bugs quicker and make you type less though auto-completion / user specified macros.

WTF does this have to do with Codeigniter?

Nothing.. that said it is in the lounge.. the lounge typically has nothing to do with CodeIgniter.

mrpaco85

Posted: 20 January 2012 11:43 AM

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Joined: 2011-07-26
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Thank you everyone for your suggestions, especially the article. The prize budget may need to be used for a PhpStorm license, so +1 Internets to those who made recommendations.