rahuldesignerportfolio
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Posted 4 months ago #
I design and develop wordpress theme using dreamweaver cs5 and thesis framework. But I am looking for more robust solution for coding php (specific to wordpress). I have looked into some IDE's like Eclipse, Aptana Studio, Komodo edit, NetBeans and zend studio. I can't really decide which one is the best for me.
Some of the feature's of I'm looking for: (They need to be specific to wordpress not just php in general)
- Code highlight
- Auto code completion
- debugging
- Live design view
- Code Inspect mode (like firebug)
I don't think a WP-specific development environment exists.
For theme development I'd have thought that any of those IDEs you mention would have been OK, although personally I avoid DreamWeaver like the plague. In fact I avoid anything with a 'design' mode and never use it when I have to code using something that has it. Firefox with Firebug is your best design/inspection toolset, IMO.
You can't drag-and-drop for Web development, in my view.
Cheers
PAE
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Posted 2 months ago #
There is a plugin called WPide http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpide/ which I'd like to think one day could be the best IDE for WordPress
I'm one of the main guys developing it. Version 1 is on the WordPress repository but V2 is in development over on github and hopefully will be released in the next couple of weeks.
You can install V1 from the WP directory and it's possible to pull in the dev version from github just by clicking a link once the main plugin is activated. That's if you're eager to take a look at the new version. It's got tabbed editing, automated backups and it's own file manager allowing you to edit any file in the wp-content folder.
The plugin still has a long way to go but it works.
