PHP Editor::Dreamweaver CS6 vs Zend Studio 9.0.1

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Hi all,

I have used Dreamweaver with loyalty for the past couple of years. It is understandable that one becomes very familiar with the software, and therfore it grew on me :sick:. I have worked with other editors like Comodo and not so long ago i also gave Zend Studio a shot at impressing me, but it was trails and i could'nt use it long enough to, for example, complete an project on them, so i went back to DW :D .

Every one of them has their strong and weak points, for instance DW is over priced :twisted: and Zend Studio has a build-in php framework that i find very usefull.

What do you think, should i stick with DW (which is starting to make me feel inversitile), if not, what do you recommend.

Please comment with disregard to the price of the software.
 
I also used to use DW Exclusively, but found that it was lacking in certain areas.

I recently started using NetBeans, which is incredibly easy and fast to use. The only drawback is that it doesn't have a design view, which in my case is not a problem, as I have long since done away with it.

Give it a chance, am sure you'll change like i have.

Best of all the price is Right, FREE
 
Dreamweaver is not a PHP editor, it is an HTML editor for stupid people. Netbeans and Eclipse are genuine PHP IDE's and for serious developers.
 
I prefer Komodo Edit, you don't need WYSIWYG editing if you're doing proper PHP development. Komodo Edit is free and has everything you need :-) I find Eclipse is very bloated and heavy on resources.
 
jan12345 said:
Hi all,

I have used Dreamweaver with loyalty for the past couple of years. It is understandable that one becomes very familiar with the software, and therfore it grew on me :sick:. I have worked with other editors like Comodo and not so long ago i also gave Zend Studio a shot at impressing me, but it was trails and i could'nt use it long enough to, for example, complete an project on them, so i went back to DW :D .

Every one of them has their strong and weak points, for instance DW is over priced :twisted: and Zend Studio has a build-in php framework that i find very usefull.

What do you think, should i stick with DW (which is starting to make me feel inversitile), if not, what do you recommend.

Please comment with disregard to the price of the software.
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When I was still developing in PHP, I used to code in NuSphere PhpEd. I found it to be fully functional like Zend or Visual Studio in terms of debugging etc.. It just didn't do layout . I used SharePoint Designer 2007 and Dream Weaver to design the look and feel of my templates.
 
I wouldn't use Dreamweaver for serious PHP development. Personally my favorite is PHPStorm by JetBrains if you want a good commercial IDE. Otherwise be sure to look at Eclipse with PDT and Aptana Studio. Never used Zend Studio but it's also built on Eclipse.
 
Okay, so i downloaded Netbeans IDE, looks promising so far. Thank you for the replies, i am still going to keep on searching though. I think Zend might be a better option than Netbeans, but marginally.
 
Okay, so last knight i spent a couple of hours coding on my systems class using Netbeans, It took me a while to get used to it, and i am sure i will get more comfirtable with it as i go, but so far, it is working for me.

Thank you all.
 
The main thing I would say you can code with any development tool/ app etc as long as you are comfortable with it

I still use note pad ++ occasionally, dreamweaver I never used mostly do development in Visual Studio 2010 for c# and asp.net and netbeans for java/ php
 
Strange. I bought the Master edition of CS5 two years ago, and enjoy using Dreamweaver as a development tool. Simply for the reason that I paid 20% of the retail price for it and I've used Dreamweaver MX for a long time. I've never been able to use Eclipse, but I might give the others a spin.
 
Why change? I get that it makes you feel unversatile. But if you know the product so well, you can do better work faster. I agree its good learning a few different developing tools, but if you were to work for a dev company and they are very strict they should allow you to use what you feel comfortable with. I personally use eclipse now. Used to also use dreamweaver but used eclipse for J2EE dev and moved over to it
 
iAmThePope said:
Why change? I get that it makes you feel unversatile. But if you know the product so well, you can do better work faster. I agree its good learning a few different developing tools, but if you were to work for a dev company and they are very strict they should allow you to use what you feel comfortable with. I personally use eclipse now. Used to also use dreamweaver but used eclipse for J2EE dev and moved over to it
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Agree. Be comfortable with the tools is my rule. But be willing to learn new tools (which a lot of people don't want to do, because it is work).
 
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