Zend Studio and Dreamweaver - together?

[Gus Bird]

This is probably a good question for David Powers.

Will Zend Studio mix well with DW in a development environment (say the way BBEdit, etc. does)?

I'm hoping to enhance the PHP side of things, learn a bit about the Zend Framework but continue with DW as my primary tool. In other words utilize a number of these tools on the same project. At the least I would think the Zend editor would be helpful for even simple bits of PHP code edits?

Thanks for any feedback.

[David_Powers]

I use Zend Studio in conjunction with Dreamweaver quite well. Zend Studio is brilliant for intellisense code hints for PHP variables. It's also got wonderful code hinting, not only for built-in functions, but also for custom-built ones too. It also shines with code hints for custom and built-in PHP classes. On the other hand, it's rotten for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Moreover, it doesn't have the Design view or Live View features of DW.

When doing heavy PHP coding, it's Zend Studio for me all the way. For HTML and CSS, not forgetting Dreamweaver's PHP server behaviors, Dreamweaver wins hands down.

Now, if either ZS or DW could do both...

[Gus Bird]

It's interesting to me that, not only (IMO) are your books some of the most

helpful out there, you also possess an even-handed attitude toward these

things that seems to come from actual experience and not some preconceived

ideas you want everyone else to adopt. Thanks for your feedback and all the

good work you do.