faster/better development

[eluser]leonardteo[/eluser]
I was wondering about this too.

Does anyone use the debugging tools in NetBeans or Eclipse (coupled with XDebug I think?) with CI? For applications frameworks such as CI, I never got them to work properly in an IDE....and I just gave up after trying for half a day, so I'm just coding pretty much using Notepad++, and logging out errors as much as possible either using a text log file or to screen. I'm pretty sure that this methodology isn't as good as having a proper debugging environment, but I really haven't been able to get it working!

Regarding SVN, we use SubVersion not because it's better, but because I work mostly with web designers who can't even use Subversion properly (even with Mac Versions and its beautiful UI). Many apps such as DreamWeaver and Coda have built-in SubVersion support which is great for people who don't version control and don't want to. Sigh. I just don't think we could ever move to another version control as it took so much effort and ranting at everyone just to get people to check in/check out their files! Would love to hear of other experiences.

Leo