A webinar on 'Tips and Tricks coding with Zend Studio for Eclipse Part -1' by Peter B. MacIntyre, ZCE

1. Tips and Tricks coding with Zend Studio for Eclipse Part 1Hosted by:Peter B. MacIntyre, ZCE

3. Wrote “PHP: The Good Parts” - O’Reilly Press

4. Co-authored:

5. “Programming PHP 2nd Ed.” - O’Reilly Press

6. “Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer’s Guide” – Addison-Wesley

7. Tech Edited 10+ IT Books

8. Wrote Whitepaper for Zend on Team Development within Zend Studio

9. Working on a PHP Book for APress

11. Views –a window tab for a specific purpose

12. Perspectives – collection of views for an overall task

13. Project concepts – collection of files / resources needed to produce a product

16. Views involved

17. PHP Explorer (Project View)

18. Type Hierarchy

19. Outline

20. Problems

21. Tasks

22. Console

24. Collapses known trusted code out of the visual view so that you can concentrate on other sections of code

25. Works on Classes, Methods, Functions, some HTML element groups and PHPDoc Comment blocks

27. Allows you to format your code in the editor according to a pre-set pattern

29. Connects the Editor in focus with its location in the Project list

30. Syntax Coloring

31. Allows you to customize the code editor how you want.

33. Set breakpoints (double-click)

34. Set Bookmarks

35. Displays Syntax errors

36. Signifies code related tasks //TODO

38. Tasks View Assign yourself something to do Can be directly linked to code Has 3 severity levels (High, Normal, Low) Can be triggered directly in the code: //TODO You can create your own task handles and severity levels Preferences->PHP->Editor->Task Tags

39. Outline View Shows break down of code file in focus Breaks down functions, classes, methods, properties, and variables (file-wide context) Can be very helpful in navigating in a large file Sorts elements alphabetically if desired Can even filter the view to reduce clutter

40. Short Snappers Ctrl + Down Arrow – Duplicates the current line of code Ctrl + Space – brings up detailed code assist Ctrl + Shift + space - when inside a function call will bring up the expected parameters list If code does not seem to “act” like a PHP file within editor – check project -> configure to ensure PHP support is turned on

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