Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Zend Studio for Eclipse ("Neon") goes public

Zend is launching a beta of the next generation of the Zend Studio family - Zend Studio for Eclipse.

This beta release (code named "Neon") is based on proven Zend Studio technology and the Eclipse PHP Developers Tools (PDT) project. Zend Studio for Eclipse is the world's most powerful PHP IDE - providing professional PHP development capabilities combined with the Eclipse multi-language support and plug-in extension technology.

When Zend Studio for Eclipse is released, customers will get licenses for both the stand-alone Zend Studio and the Eclipse based product. Zend will also offer Zend Studio for Eclipse to all Zend Studio customers with a valid support subscription.

Zend Studio for Eclipse Features Include:

  • Eclipse/PDT based solution:
    • Community of millions of users and thousands of developers
    • Access to hundreds of plug-ins
    • Blended language support in one tool
    • PHP syntax highlighting, code assist and inspection
    • PHP basic debugging
  • High value addition based on Zend Studio:
    • Simplified, integrated, advanced debugging (local and remote/web server)
    • Code Refactoring
    • Profiling and Code Coverage
    • PHPUnit Test support
    • Enhanced Zend Framework integration
    • WYSIWYG HTML Editing
    • Zend Platform integration
    • Migration tools from Zend Studio users
    • BIRT integration
    • Unified installer for one stop install
    • And more…