Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer's Guide

by MacIntyre, Peter; Morse, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780672329401
• ISBN10: 0672329409
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-20
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

Zend Studio for Eclipse gives millions of PHP/LAMP developers worldclass tools for building state-of-the-art web applications. Now, here's a definitive guide to making the most of this breakthrough development environment. Zend Certified Engineer Peter MacIntyre and expert PHP developer Ian Morse show how to use Zend Studio for Eclipse to improve productivity, effectiveness, and code quality throughout your entire project lifecycle.

Author Biography

Peter MacIntyre is a Zend Certified Engineer with more than 18 years of experience in software development Ian Morse assignments include working on the new national website for the leading Canadian pizza restaurant, Pizza Delight

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A First Look at Zend Studio for Eclipse	p. 3
View	p. 3
Perspectives	p. 6
Outline View	p. 8
Working Sets	p. 9
Code Editor	p. 10
Preferences	p. 12
Summary	p. 13
Creating Projects	p. 15
Projects Wizard	p. 15
Zend Framework Project	p. 18
Multiproject Support	p. 19
Setting up Working Sets	p. 21
Importing Projects	p. 22
Exporting Projects	p. 23
Creating New Files	p. 24
Using Link with Editor	p. 25
Accessing Remote Files	p. 25
Summary	p. 28
Environmental Settings	p. 29
The Concept of Perspectives	p. 29
Zend Studio for Eclipse Preferences	p. 32
Systemwide Preferences	p. 32
PHP Preferences	p. 38
Summary	p. 46
The Code Editor	p. 47
PHP Code Assist	p. 49
Code Formatter	p. 50
Properties View	p. 51
Summary	p. 52
Views in the PHP Perspective	p. 53
Getting Started	p. 53
Outline View	p. 53
PHP Project Outline View	p. 54
PHP Functions View	p. 54
Problems View	p. 55
Tasks View	p. 56
Filters	p. 57
Views in Action	p. 59
Summary	p. 61
Code Gallery	p. 63
User Code Gallery	p. 63
Zend Gallery	p. 65
Summary	p. 66
Code Analyzer	p. 67
Configuring the Code Analyzer	p. 67
Using the Code Analyzer	p. 70
Summary	p. 71
Refactoring	p. 73
Rename Local Variables	p. 73
Rename Global Variables	p. 76
Rename Data Members	p. 78
Rename Methods, Functions, and Classes	p. 78
Move Files and Folders	p. 79
Summary	p. 81
SQL Integration	p. 83
Database Development Perspective	p. 83
Viewing Data	p. 86
Data Manipulation	p. 88
Table Manipulations	p. 88
Summary	p. 89
Testing the Project	p. 91
Debugging with Console Output	p. 91
Getting Started with PHPUnit	p. 94
PHPUnit Test Suites	p. 99
Summary	p. 100
Introduction to Debugging	p. 101
Debugging Preferences	p. 101
Local Debugging	p. 102
Remote Debugging	p. 103
Summary	p. 103
Running/Stepping Through Your Code	p. 105
The Debug Perspective	p. 105
Breakpoints	p. 106
Running a Debugging Session	p. 107
Summary	p. 112
Version Control Integration	p. 113
Configuration	p. 113
Creating a CVS Project	p. 116
Summary	p. 119
The WYSIWYG Designer	p. 121
The HTML Editor View	p. 122
Design	p. 122
Source, Design/Source	p. 123
Preview	p. 124
Code Assist/Properties	p. 125
Summary	p. 127
Integrated Zend Tools	p. 129
Integration with Zend Guard	p. 129
Integration with Zend Platform	p. 132
Summary	p. 133
Zend Framework Library	p. 135
What Is Model-View-Controller Design?	p. 135
Creating a Zend Framework Project	p. 136
Adding to a Framework-Driven Site	p. 137
Separating Content and Design	p. 139
Included Framework Libraries	p. 141
Zend_Acl	p. 141
Zend_Controller	p. 142
Zend_Db	p. 142
Zend_Gdata	p. 143
Zend_Mail	p. 143
Zend_Pdf	p. 144
Zend_Service	p. 144
Summary	p. 144
Designing the Project	p. 145
What the Project Will Do	p. 145
Table Creation SQL	p. 148
Summary	p. 150
Writing the Project	p. 151
Setting Up	p. 151
Writing Some Code	p. 152
Adding More Functionality	p. 157
Summary	p. 167
Updates, Add-ons, and Resources	p. 169
Zend Studio for Eclipse Update Process	p. 169
Adding Third-Party Plug-ins to Zend Studio for Eclipse	p. 170
Installing the Library	p. 171
Ensuring the Plug-in Works	p. 173
Additional Resources	p. 173
Index	p. 175
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Excerpts

Introduction IntroductionPHP is currently the most widely used programming language on the Web with over 5 million developers, responsible for 40% of existing web applications. The simplicity of PHP has led to more than 20 million domains written in PHP, with growth continuing. When compared with other languages for achieving the development of a web application, PHP has proven to have tremendous advantage with its simplicity, in terms of the amount of work required and the potential complexity of its code.The need for an editor or a development environment to create web applications with a short "time to market" is obvious, and different possibilities are available today for the PHP developer community. The possibilities can be categorized into three main groups in which each group introduces a different set of features, addresses different needs, and subsequently is tagged with a different pricing.The first group, generally known asSimple Editors, includes the most basic feature set, such as syntax highlighting as part of the editor. Some of these editors come with the different operating systems, and some are the evolution of those (for example, NotePad and NotePad++). This group of editors usually doesn't include management tools like debugging or code analyzing tools, and is good for quick pinpoint development rather than large and complex web applications. Most of these editors are free of charge.Basic Integrated Development Environments(IDEs) are the second group; they include an additional layer of features. These features can include basic debugging, project management, and several analysis tools. Some of these editors are free of charge, and sometimes they are even open source products.The last group, known asProfessional IDEs, includes all-in-one solution products. These development environments generally include development, management, analyzing, debugging, and deployment tools. The complete feature set in these products provides the capability to support full product development life cycles, starting from the development of the code until the deployment to the production server. A Professional IDE is a commercial product and can include an installation wizard and product support as well.Over the years we can see a marked increase in the number of developers moving to professional IDEs from the basic editors. The need for team support, deployment tools, and quick development has convinced many companies to invest their money in the purchase of development tools with a quick return of both investment and productivity.The gap between simple and professional IDEs can also enable some companies to provide a product free as a simple, initial solution. There may also be the option to pay for upgrades and thus be entitled to then use a professional IDE, but this is not always the case.Zend Studio for Eclipse is based on the Eclipse technology in general and the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project in particular. The decision to develop based on the Eclipse technology was made because there are a few million developers who use Eclipse or Eclipse-based products. Many of those developers are looking at PHP as a way of developing rich Internet applications, and they simply wanted PHP support in Eclipse.Zend has been working on Zend Studio for Eclipse for quite some time parallel to the development of the PDT Eclipse project. The product has been released a few times to a close group of beta testers to ensure the product stability and user interface usability and to gather feedback and bugs.This book's authors, Peter MacIntyre and Ian Morse, who have vast experience in the PHP world and have been developing with Zend Studio for Eclipse in the past year, provide a great understanding of Zend Studio for Eclipse and its functionality.The book provides explanation