[Deprecated] DMZ 1.5.3 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]OverZealous[/eluser]
@NachoF
Oh, that's what you meant. I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to editing DMZ itself! :lol:

Aptana does provide Control/CMD+Space drop-downs as you type, and for just about anything it can figure out. This includes constants, classes, etc. Works great for normal classes, and most of CodeIgniter. Just make sure the classes are visible in your project.

However, it still can be an issue, if you are dealing with dynamic classes, such as the way CodeIgniter loads Libraries, or DMZ loads Extensions, or if you are creating a class from a variable. (PHP is so dynamic that sometimes, nothing can predict what a variable will contain!)

Also, I never use the HTML Helper. I think it makes it significantly harder to read code. I have a different opinion on form fields, but those have a lot of boilerplate.

It is a bit of work to get started with Aptana. I find the best way to start with an existing project is to browse to it in the File view, right-click on the folder and choose Promote to Project. It doesn't change anything, but it does add a .project file, and .settings folder. Also, if you want to know how to set up synchronization between two local folders (e.g.: my server is mounted as a shared drive), PM me and I'll write it out for you.

@Poetawd
Better is totally relative. I would never go back to using DreamWeaver for editing code. It has too many quirks, and doesn't do much as an IDE. Aptana (and similar editors) are extremely powerful, but they come from the world of Software IDEs. This means that they can be very confusing, with tons of options.