Using Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) Part 1
*This is Part 1 in a multi-part series
Eclipse is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that is usually used for Java projects but there are plenty of plugins that have been developed to use Eclipse as a development environment for other languages. Those languages include C, C++, PHP, XML and so on and so forth.
An example of other PHP IDE’s are; Dev-PHP IDE, Zend Studio, Komodo, PHP Designer and PHPEdit.
Those are all pay for IDE’s where the Eclipse PDT is free and fairly easy to get community support if needed. The easiest download is the PDT all-in-one package that has Eclipse and all the other required plugins. As of today (05/06/2008) the latest build of the PDT all-in-on package is located here:
http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/downloads/release.php?release=R20080103
where you can download the version for your OS type.
To get a quick start on using/installing Eclipse PDT check out the following YouTube Video’s:
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFZpk-YHl4
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8WnciHjXco
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