January 27th, 2009
PDT 2.0: New tools for PHP developers
Recently, version 2.0 of the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project was officially released. PDT is one of the more popular projects at eclipse.org, with over 1 million unique downloads to date. I caught up with Roy Ganor, the project lead for PDT and Zend Studio for Eclipse to ask him a few questions about the release.
[Ed] What exactly was announced and why should developers care?
[Roy] There is an active community helping evolve PDT. Version 2.0 is the result of this momentum and activity. PDT 2.0 features are focused on creating better usability for developers creating applications. PDT is a great example of how Eclipse works with and handles dynamic languages. Eclipse is truly now a great platform for developing apps in any target language.
With the announcement of the Eclipse PDT 2.0 major release, we have really set new standards for PHP developers that are aligned with “the Eclipse way”. For example, many static type language developers who are switching to new, popular dynamic languages like PHP will find this version very similar (feature-wise) to what they are used to in their native environment, with features such as Type Hierarchy, source editing capabilities and behavior, and similar navigation options. Aligning with Eclipse standards also opens up new opportunities with other projects and vendors that have already enhanced their Eclipse environments based on these standards.
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Ed Burnette is a professional developer and author of several articles and books about computing including Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform, 2nd Edition. For disclosure of Ed's industry affiliations, click here or to view his full profile click here.
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