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The definitive, comprehensive guide to Zend Studio for Eclipse
Zend Studio for Eclipse gives millions of PHP/LAMP developers world-class 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.
You’ll start with a product tour that introduces the core techniques and
terminology you’ll use in all your projects–including views, perspectives,
outlines, and much more. You’ll discover how to quickly use preferences
to customize Zend Studio for Eclipse to your unique needs.
Next, MacIntyre and Morse offer detailed, practical insights into every key
aspect of working with Zend Studio: the code editor, PHP perspective views,
Code Gallery, Code Analyzer, refactoring, SQL integration, unit testing with
PHPUnit, debugging, version control, WYSIWYG design, and much more. You’ll
learn how to use the powerful integrated tools Zend provides, as well as those
offered by the thriving worldwide Eclipse ecosystem.
This book is an indispensable resource for every developer who wants to master
Zend Studio for Eclipse: programmers already familiar with PHP and LAMP and
users of other Eclipse-based IDEs who want to leverage their skills to create
powerful PHP-based web applications.
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About the Authors
Peter MacIntyre is a Zend Certified Engineer with more than 18 years of experience
in software development. He is a past contributing editor and author of php|architect
(www.phparch.com), a regular speaker at North American and international computer
conferences, and coauthor of Programming PHP.
Ian Morse has participated in software projects of all sizes in various industries.
His recent assignments include working on the new national website for the leading
Canadianpizza restaurant, Pizza Delight.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
1 A First Look at Zend Studio for Eclipse 3
View 3
Perspectives 6
Outline View 8
Working Sets 9
Code Editor 10
Preferences 12
Summary 13
2 Creating Projects 15
Projects Wizard 15
Zend Framework Project 18
Multiproject Support 19
Setting up Working Sets 21
Importing Projects 22
Exporting Projects 23
Creating New Files 24
Using Link with Editor 25
Accessing Remote Files 25
Summary 28
3 Environmental Settings 29
The Concept of Perspectives 29
Zend Studio for Eclipse Preferences 32
Systemwide Preferences 32
PHP Preferences 38
Summary 46
4 The Code Editor 47
PHP Code Assist 49
Code Formatter 50
Properties View 51
Summary 52
5 Views in the PHP Perspective 53
Getting Started 53
Outline View 53
PHP Project Outline View 54
PHP Functions View 54
Problems View 55
Tasks View 56
Filters 57
Views in Action 59
Summary 61
6 Code Gallery 63
User Code Gallery 63
Zend Gallery 65
Summary 66
7 Code Analyzer 67
Configuring the Code Analyzer 67
Using the Code Analyzer 70
Summary 71
8 Refactoring 73
Rename Local Variables 73
Rename Global Variables 76
Rename Data Members 78
Rename Methods, Functions, and Classes 78
Move Files and Folders 79
Summary 81
9 SQL Integration 83
Database Development Perspective 83
Viewing Data 86
Data Manipulation 88
Table Manipulations 88
Summary 89
10 Testing the Project 91
Debugging with Console Output 91
Getting Started with PHPUnit 94
PHPUnit Test Suites 99
Summary 100
11 Introduction to Debugging 101
Debugging Preferences 101
Local Debugging 102
Remote Debugging 103
Summary 103
12 Running/Stepping Through Your Code 105
The Debug Perspective 105
Breakpoints 106
Running a Debugging Session 107
Summary 112
13 Version Control Integration 113
Configuration 113
Creating a CVS Project 116
Summary 119
14 The WYSIWYG Designer 121
The HTML Editor View 122
Design 122
Source, Design/Source 123
Preview 124
Code Assist/Properties 125
Summary 127
15 Integrated Zend Tools 129
Integration with Zend Guard 129
Integration with Zend Platform 132
Summary 133
16 Zend Framework Library 135
What Is Model-View-Controller Design? 135
Creating a Zend Framework Project 136
Adding to a Framework-Driven Site 137
Separating Content and Design 139
Included Framework Libraries 141
Zend_Acl 141
Zend_Controller 142
Zend_Db 142
Zend_Gdata 143
Zend_Mail 143
Zend_Pdf 144
Zend_Service 144
Summary 144
17 Designing the Project 145
What the Project Will Do 145
Table Creation SQL 148
Summary 150
18 Writing the Project 151
Setting Up 151
Writing Some Code 152
Adding More Functionality 157
Summary 167
Appendix Updates, Add-ons, and Resources 169
Zend Studio for Eclipse Update Process 169
Adding Third-Party Plug-ins to Zend Studio for
Eclipse 170
Additional Resources 173
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