Guest Deleted Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I've tried the site, Google, and YouTube and I'm not finding much help. Is there any good source of help with this program? What do I specifically want to know? Well, right now I'd like to know how to use phpMyAdmin through the program. If I go to Tools > phpMyAdmin I get a blank box that says "Database Management" at the top. Nothing happens and I don't know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I'm not familiar with PHPDesigner (in fact, I don't think I've ever heard of it before). Have you tried contacting the company that makes/sells it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 "I'm not familiar with PHPDesigner." It's an IDE. "Have you tried contacting the company that makes/sells it?" Yes, I contacted the person who made it. No response, yet. - - I found somebody on another site who uses phpDesigner. I've been asking them questions. I can now use phpDesigner so-so but I am still learning how to make the debugger work with my framework. Hopefully this guy I'm talking to can get me to that point. - - What is it with PHP IDEs and poor documentation? Zend Studio is horrible about that too and it's supposed to be the best. Best or not, it's useless to me if I can't use it, lol xD I saw a comment on another site about a guy who was using notepad because it was "better than Zend Studio." LOL I guess it was, in his case, if notepad was the only one he could figure out. You should write a book called "IDEs for Idiots" I would buy it. I'm pretty stupid with IDEs xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I consistently hear good things about PhpStorm and even bought a copy myself, although I haven't really gotten into using it yet. I'm more of a text editor person myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Is it the learning curve that stops you? For me personally, a learning curve is worth it if the learning is going to pay off. I'm working on a huge project all by myself. Anything that helps me code faster, is a blessing. =) For instance, right now, I'm learning how to use xdebug with my framework and IDE. It's kind of a pain but I'm confident it will make life easier. Previously all my debugging has consisted of echo, var_dump(), and print_r(). Hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 No, it's not really the learning curve. I mean, there is a learning curve for picking up any new application, especially an IDE. For me the issue is I do quite well with my text editor. I've been trying to switch from TextMate to Sublime Text (i.e., one text editor to another) and even that's slow for me. I'm already pretty good with the tools I have. And I use my text editor for PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, Markdown, etc. An IDE can sometimes be too specific. It sounds like you're on a good path, though. Using xdebug with an IDE is great for productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 This randomly popped in my head: How do you manage a huge site with tons of PHP files? Dreamweaver never helped me much with that and I'm not sure if phpDesigner will. With my CodeIgniter site it seems like I never have less than 5 files open and it's usually more like 15. It's a pain to switch from file to file and it's a pain to open them in the first place. I have to remember if the file is in public_html, views, controllers, helpers, libraries, or models and then I have to find it in the directory structure and open it. So annoying! Anybody know how to deal with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 In my text editor, I learn how to switch files quickly. In TextMate, it's easy to switch among open files. In Sublime Text, it's easy to access any file. Not sure how well IDEs do this, although it'll depend upon the IDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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