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Bryan Sattler
6,408 PointsBest PHP IDE for Mac
Hi Everyone,
Curious about your thoughts on what the Best PHP IDE for Mac is, specifically one that will come with autocomplete and debugging for building web apps.
I've looked a few:
PhpStorm http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/
IntelliJ IDEA: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
Netbeans http://netbeans.org/
Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Komodo Edit: http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit
8 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsOn a Mac most people go for, either Espresso or Coda for an IDE and Sublime Text for a text editor.
Of course if aren't planning on paying for it there's Text Wrangler (for a text editor). Not a typical choice for mac users but there's also Aptana for an IDE.
Paul Dunahoo
5,390 PointsI use Espresso for an IDE, and Sublime Text 2 as a text editor. Looks like it is almost the same for @James.
Jorge Venegas
842 PointsI suggest Eclipse with the Aptana Studio plugin as IDE for PHP. Although, my choice is Sublime Text 2 (it is not an IDE, but it is much more than a text editor).
Bryan Sattler
6,408 PointsThanks everyone! I'll test these out and see how they compare.
Rick Yentzer
5,885 PointsI've tried them all and have stuck with Sublime Text 2. I keep Aptana around as well. But, it really is a personal preference. Use what works for you.
Bryan Sattler
6,408 PointsThanks Rick! I've been using TextMate and starting to use Coda this past week.
Any tips for debugging PHP & Javascript with Sublime Text (if that is actually possible)?
Rick Yentzer
5,885 PointsIt is possible with SublimeLinter available here: https://github.com/SublimeLinter/SublimeLinter
With Sublime, you can use the package installer to install Linter and several other useful "packages" for debugging.
Bryan Sattler
6,408 PointsThanks Rick!