Hey,

If you own a mac and code projects, I great tool to have is Xcode! I used TacoHTMLEdit for all my projects, but was recently introduced to Xcode (I knew about it but not it's PHP capabilities).

XCode has useful features that will aid in the programming of a large PHP application, or just a simple PHP application. It has the file tree (so useful!), and you can switch between files using the same window editor without loosing any information.

XCode is a great tool, just get it off you install disc!

Do you work for apple by any chance?

TextMate is just about the best Mac text editor ever. Every mac user who codes should buy it!

No but it's free.

So is Kate.

And it does bash scripting.



X11 + KdeLibs + Kate = Bliss.

TextMate = notsogood.

BBEdit = best thing next to kate.

I'll stick with kate though, it might not have aqua refinements but **** does it work, and work well

On that note, when I'm developing in PHP i dont need an environment like Visual Studio, in fact I find that to be too overwhelming. The largest problem I have with xcode is the fact that although you might be able to do php in it, the syntax highlighting (and subsequent usability on the fly) is limited, not to mention it does not have half of the things that an open source, resource expandable syntax highlighter does. Autocomplete is something I rarely use, but tooltip hints are a massive refresher when I'm using complex functions.

To that end, for PHP alone I tend to use zend's php ide more often than not, simply because thats exactly what its made for.

That and its cross platform and I can import projects on any system.

And it doesnt mess with me and my folder structures.

(and it processes includes on the fly)

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-AgentGreasy-

How much have you typed today?

Have you ever actually used TextMate? It is just amazingly powerful. BBEdit is just so cluttered.

Wow... what a debate. lol. I'm sticking with XCode for major projects, and taco HTML edit for those minor projects.

Cluttered o.o its a text window with a open file list on the right hand side, which is closeable :O

And it scales to my 30".

And yes, I used textmate, thats what made me try bbedit