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How does Eclipse PDT compare to NetBeans for PHP development?
I just bought a new computer with Windows 7 and I'm starting to set up a development environment for PHP. Has anyone used both IDEs lately and could make a quick comparison? If you know what major frameworks are supported, that would be great too.
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If you like modularity and fine-tuned control over your IDE, Eclipse is the better option. If you hate having to install plugins every time you need another tool, NetBeans is the way to go.
A: Eclipse for PHP works really great with CodeIgniter. Netbeans is another good IDE, and Sublime is a good code editor for CodeIgniter.
Netbeans is a free and open-source IDE for developing desktop, mobile, and web applications. It allows you to create applications in a variety of languages, including Java, HTML5, PHP, C++, etc.
Show activity on this post. There are no issues at all with having them on the same system. However, each have their own project specific files, so using them on the same project isn't seamless. This is made a lot easier if you're using source control and keep your (non-source code) project files separate.
Yes, I switched from Eclipse to Netbeans for PHP development quite recently. And I have to admit - I like NetBeans better. It seems to me more lightweight and stable. It certainly loads faster. And code completion seems to be much better than in Eclipse - it doesn't fail so often, and you can insert hint-comments wherever you wish to specify the types of your variables. Also NetBeans IDE is much simpler than Eclipse. It's probably not as powerful (and it could definately use a few more configuration options), but on the other hand, Eclipse was downright intimidating with its complex system.
Put it this way - if you come from a Windows background (like me), go for NetBeans. If you're a Linux/Unix fan, you'll feel right at home with Eclipse.
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