![]() Click on the Add button and add a new entry named Aptana PHP Update Site with as Location.In Aptana select Help → Install New Software.I know, Netbeans 6.8 supports XDebug, but that plugin is a bit too good to the beginning PHP developers: one notice will inject a truckload of HTML with stacktrace and everything related to it - that’s not needed for the newbies as they need to learn to code and debug PHP on a plain PHP install.īack to Aptana, I’ve used a few Google Coupons and found a way to install the original Aptana PHP plugin into Aptana 2.0. Nearly every time I showcase a bit of code to my students I run it through a debug session. The – to me – missing feature in Netbeans 6.8 is the lack of an internal debugger. However, it’s not perfect: Netbeans 6.8 clearly has some work to do in order to catch up with the original Aptana PHP plugin, yet I found it better than PDT in terms of use ( the ease of creating a new project for example) and features/support ( Intellisense/autocompletion and PHPDoc support that work). Having sought other free alternatives I ended up most happy with the new Netbeans 6.8. I myself have no problem into buying it myself as it is a great tool, but the technical university I’m teaching at cannot justify total the cost of coughing up the money for the 100 needed licenses as they will only be used for about 3 hours per week during only 1 semester nor can I enforce my students to buy it themselves. Yes, Zend Studio is a great alternative but that baby will cost you about an arm and a leg 399 euro worth of arm and leg to be precise. Saddened by the move to PDT many of the now unhappy users, such as Adam Patterson who has a good blogpost on the subject, have been looking into an alternative yet have found none - at least none which is free. Luckely there is a way to install the old Aptana PHP Plugin into Aptana 2.0 □ The reason behind this move can only be reduced down to huge amounts of alcohol and/or illegal drugs because – one must admit – the PDT plugin is a pure joke. With the release of Aptana 2.0 the Aptana developers decided to drop their excellent plugin in favor of PDT.
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