PHP Development Tools v2.0
It has been a long time coming, but it is finally here: the PHP Development Tools for Eclipse (PDT) have reached v2.0! We mentioned a few weeks ago that the project was going into release candidate overdrive in the run-up to its proposed release on Dec 29th, well, it well and truly did that. It even made its predicted release date! That has to be an achievement in open source development!
So, what can you look forward to now? Well, a whole raft of new snazzy features, split between various parts of the system which makes up PDT (such as the Web development tools and dynamic languages core behind it all). As it now runs in Eclipse 3.4, you can utilise the brilliant new JavaScript editor, a much improved code assist feature and support for all the new little bits and pieces which are lurking around for the current Eclipse base.
It remains to be seen what the big killer features will be for this new version, but from what I have experienced of it so far, it seems a much more stable and solid base from which PDT can blossom for the future. This all means better features, more often – which is never a bad thing!
You can grab the all-in-one package here, so hop to it!
Geoff Adams
Programmer, Research and Development
