Posted by Justin Koivisto on 01/03/06 23:20

David Haynes wrote:
> windandwaves wrote:
>>
>> WHat I would also really like is the ability to expand/implode
>> functions. That is, being able to implode a function and open it if
>> needed. That sort of thing.
>
> Zend will do this.

"code folding"

>> I will have a look at the Zend business. Right now, I do not have PHP
>> installed locally, it that an issue? I like to load my files to the
>> server because then I only have one place I work at. Not many.
>
> Not having PHP locally will reduce the set of capabilities of the IDEs
> since many use php to syntax check the code in near real time.

ZDE doesn't require php to be locally installed. If you want full
debugging abilities, you can use a remote debug server - otherwise, you
can "run" the scripts right through zde.

> In the larger picture, if you use a revision control system such as CVS
> or Subversion (with Tortoise on your windows box), then the issue of
> 'only one place to work at' becomes less important. Revision control
> systems allow you to edit anywhere and then synchronize those edits
> across all instances, so you can do some edits at work, add those to the
> repository, head on home, synchronize with your home image, keep on
> editing, synchronize with the repository, go back to work, synchronize
> with the repository, and keep on editing until you remember that you
> forgot to sleep ;-)

hmm... sounds like my "holidays" ;)

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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - justin@koivi.com
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