NetBeans

Editing closed because of vandalism. PDT 1 PDT 2.0 Zend Studio 6 6.5
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Error highlighting √ √ √ √
Warning highlighting √ √ √ √
Can check syntax on the fly √ √ √
Code formatting √ √ Customizable
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Templates √ √ √ √
TODO comments support √ √ √ Not very
HTML+PHP Code √ √ √ stable
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Short tags <?= √
Macro √- √- √-
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Code completion √ √ √ √
Internal PHP functions √ √ √ √
Own functions and classes √ √ √ √
Automatic creation of phpDoc /** √ √ √ √
Uses phpDoc for autocompletion √ √ √ √
Methods/Fields $this-> √ √
phpDoc @property - √- √
File name completion (include/require) √- √- √ √
Completion of phpDoc constructs @ √
@var - - -
SQL in PHP completion - - - -

Navigation √ √ √ √
Go to error √ √ √ √
Go to bookmark √ √ √ √
Go to TODO √ √ √ √
Projects support √ √ √ √
Code folding √ √ √ √
Navigator √ √ √ √
Find / replace not user not user not user
Incremental search friendly
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Go to function/class declaration √ √ √ √
Go to PHP help (php.net) Ctrl+Alt+ √
Find Usages √- G
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Bookmarks √
Go to overriden method -

Refactoring √ √
Move - - √
Rename - - buggy
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Getters/Setters - √- √
Override method - √-
Generate constructor - - √- √
Safe delete - -

JavaScript √
JavaScript debugger for IE - - - √
JavaScript debugger for Firefox √- √- √- √
Syntax highlighting √ √ √ √
Code Completion
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Code Folding for methods plugin
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On the fly source validation plugin - √
Refactoring -
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TODO plugin
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jsDoc plugin
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prototype plugin
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jQuery plugin - - √
Templates/Snipplets
Browser compatibility table on code -
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completion -
plugin √- √- √
Code formatting

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Syntax highlighting √ √ √ √
Code completion √
W3C documentation
Browser compatibilityon code
table oncompletion
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Properties completion √
On the fly validation √- √- √- √
Code formatting √ √ √ √
Code Folding
Templates/Snipplets √- √- √- √-
TODO

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Syntax highlighting √ √ √ √
Code completion √ √ √ √
Code folding √ √ √ √
Automatic HTML tags closing √ √ √ √
W3C documentation on code completion √ √ √ √
On the fly validation √
Code formatting strange
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Templates/Snipplets

PHP Debugger
Internal web server √- √- - √-
xDebug √ √ √-
Zend Debugger √ √ √ √-
Step by step code debugging √ √ √ √
Watches √ √ √ √
Command line debugging
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Plugins Eclipse all Eclipse all Eclipse NetBeans
How much are there plugins plugins plugins plugins

Working with databases √ √ √

MySQL √ √ √ √
MSSQL √ √ √ √
PostgreSQL JDBC √
Other DBs JDBC driver
driver
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Can show DB structure and data needed
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Run queries √ - √ √
SQL code completion √ - √ √
SQL code highlighting -
Code generation - - - for MySQL
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Can show diff in editor √- √- √- √
Local history

Other features RSE √ √

FTP plugin
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Launching third party sofrware from IDE √ √ √ √
Automated tasks (Ant/Phing) √
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Automatic updates buggy very buggy √
Support √- √- commercial √
Code Folding buggy
Project import wizard (FTP, FTPS, ...) - - - -
Drupal Plugin - - - Wizards
Smarty support - - ? ?

Webservice library bundles (SaaS) √

Amazon - - - √
Delicious - - - √
Facebook - - - √
Flickr - - - √
Google - - - √
StrikeIron - - - √
Twitter - - - √
WeatherBug - - - √
Yahoo - - - √
Zillow - - - √
Zvents - - -

Useful file formats √

yaml plugins plugins plugins √
JSON plugins plugins plugins

Eclipse Eclipse CDDL,

License Public Public commercial GPL2 (excl.
License License classpath)
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NetBeans plugins plugins all Eclipse plugins format √

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