Farewell my dearest Zend Studio, hello Komodo!
January 25, 2007
I recently got an upgrade from work to an intel macbook pro. So there I go, starting to set up my favorite programs when all the sudden WTF? Zend Studio Server doesn't run on intel macs. Huh? Hasn't every program in the world been changed to work on intel macs now? The only reason I was still using this bloated application was for remote debugging php scripts in ajax calls. It's so slow I really can't use it on a full time basis. I use textmate for that purpose.
So there I was in disbelief that I couldn't use my x hundreds of dollar program on my new mac. So the search began... what could I use to debug scripts like Zend? It was then, out of the fog came a beacon of light...Komodo. I found an amazing post here: http://www.sysarchitects.com/node/22
that explained exactly how to get debugging working in Komodo. I was sold. I fired it up, did all the configuration and away I went. It's so much more nimble than Zend Studio. I haven't really dug into all the advanced features but it does exactly what I need. I might even start using it on a more full time basis.
If you're a php developer and haven't used a debugger you're missing out on solving problems instantly. While others fumble around, var_dump'ing and echo'ing out statements. I set a breakpoint, see the problem, fix it in 30 seconds. It's a shame Zend didn't embrace Studio more and actually try and make a decent product out of it. It had so much potential. Farewell my old friend.
So there I was in disbelief that I couldn't use my x hundreds of dollar program on my new mac. So the search began... what could I use to debug scripts like Zend? It was then, out of the fog came a beacon of light...Komodo. I found an amazing post here: http://www.sysarchitects.com/node/22
that explained exactly how to get debugging working in Komodo. I was sold. I fired it up, did all the configuration and away I went. It's so much more nimble than Zend Studio. I haven't really dug into all the advanced features but it does exactly what I need. I might even start using it on a more full time basis.
If you're a php developer and haven't used a debugger you're missing out on solving problems instantly. While others fumble around, var_dump'ing and echo'ing out statements. I set a breakpoint, see the problem, fix it in 30 seconds. It's a shame Zend didn't embrace Studio more and actually try and make a decent product out of it. It had so much potential. Farewell my old friend.
Jim says:
January 26, 2007 @ 19:59 — Reply
hey Brett, Komodo supports those things as well... right click-> go to definition. That's a feature I love as well. Screencast might be a good idea. I might give that a whirl this weekend. Do yourself a favor, dump the zend and pick up komodo. It's so much faster than Zend.
brett says:
January 26, 2007 @ 20:50 — Reply
Thanks Jim. I am testing it right now to see if it has everything I need. I like that it is built using Mozilla. I will be interested to see how Zend's next version stacks up since they decided to base it off of Eclipse. I think using Eclipse as it's foundation will help it run much smoother on the Mac and will also allow them to focus all of their time on features as opposed to the underlying IDE interface.
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