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I am tired using gEdit as my text editor in developing a website with CodeIgniter. Is there any text editor that is specially created for codeIgniter? If there is, could any one share it here please?

There is no IDE created specifically for CodeIgniter, as that would be pretty damn pointless. CodeIgniter is PHP with a fair chunk of OOP inheritance. The best IDE to represent that (which I have used) is NetBeans.

Currently 6.8 supports a fair deal of auto-complete and you can add more CodeIgniter specific support yourself. 7.0 will support auto-complete for almost all the CodeIgniter framework out of the box.

I wrote an article on why you should try NetBeans.

I Searched for that too, the only that uses i litle bit of codeigniter librarys is

PHPdesigner.

Best Regards

http://www.newitperson.com/

I am using PHPDesigner.

I am using phpDesigner as well. Parses all of the files, and provides auto hints/completions. Like Phil mentioned, I have good hopes for Netbeans 7.0. With 6.8, I wish I didn’t have to use a “hack” to declare each method for code completion to work. I would also be nice if Netbeans didn’t create it’s own folder inside of each project.

Try use E-texteditor, then just google for a codeigniter bundle, dont think there is a newere bundle then 1.6.3 right now , but seems to work quite good..
e-texteditor is the windows choise for mac’s textmate 😊

@pickupman

You can make NetBeans put its own folder somewhere other then within the project folder when creating the project.
Also you can sometimes help code-completion along using PHPDoc comments with each function, which I wouldn’t consider “hacking”. Though I would agree it’s far from perfect.

@pickupman

You can make NetBeans put its own folder somewhere other then within the project folder when creating the project.
Also you can sometimes help code-completion along using PHPDoc comments with each function, which I wouldn’t consider “hacking”. Though I would agree it’s far from perfect.

Thanks for the folder tip Jelmer. Maybe I’ll revisit Netbeans again. PHPDoc comments are a must. It’s certainly handy when you do some maintenance on some code, and have the comments pop up are helpful to knock off the rust, or save time looking up the API.

May be this help i little.

http://rhasan.com/blog/2009/09/codeigniter-auto-complete-with-netbeans/

I personally use Aptana. Not the newer version that requires the PDT plugin, but Aptana 1.5, with Aptana’s built in PHP plugin. You might be able to find the plugin as a separate download to it.

Currently 6.8 supports a fair deal of auto-complete and you can add more CodeIgniter specific support yourself. 7.0 will support auto-complete for almost all the CodeIgniter framework out of the box.

I wrote an article on why you should try NetBeans.

Phil!

I’m your biggest (new) fan! 😊

Loved your tutorial on RESTful & CI on NetTuts!

But I digress…

Where is this supposed ‘support’ for CI & code completion in NetBeans? I’m no fanatic NB user, but I’ve looked high-and-low for the slightest hint and found none. Could you please point me in the right direction?

I just use TextMate :/

I just use TextMate :/

Second that. It doesn’t offer autocomplete, but that is OK for me.

NuSphere PhpED is probably the best PHP IDE you will ever come across, followed by a close second to phpDesigner.

I just use TextMate :/

Second that. It doesn’t offer autocomplete, but that is OK for me.

Auto-complete is gay. Textmate offers bundles which blow autocomplete out of the water. With bundles you can not only mimic autocomplete, but you can setup entire scripts along with specific cursor behaviors. Setup entire classes with variables & methods in a few key strokes.

No contest.