[Deprecated] DMZ 1.6.2 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]OverZealous[/eluser]
@chadbob
Oh, yeah, the function-based tools vs object-based tools is very difficult to get used to.

What's bizarre, though, is that I still enjoy coding in PHP more than in Java. Even with better debugging tools, stricter (and easier to read) code in Java, PHP is just more fun to write. :-P

A good IDE helps. I'm still struggling along with Aptana 1.5 (2.0 effectively dropped PHP support > ), but I'm looking into using NetBeans 6. NB6 is insanely fast, and has incredibly smart PHP suggestions (including the ability to use comments to define the types for magic properties).

However, NB doesn't have a usable synchronizing toolkit, nor the ability to run command-line functions from the toolbar.

I'm 75% of the way solving the first one, as I have written my own, developer-friendly standalone sync tool (in Java) that can be completely run from the command line or pop-up a GUI as needed, and stores sync properties in text files. Currently it syncs between any combination of local filesystem and SFTP (SSH+FTP) connections. I'll eventually release it to the world.

The second problem is a much bigger issue, since I currently have a bunch of little utilities I run in Aptana, like JavaScript compressing. Until I solve that, I can't really switch away from Aptana.