IDE/editor?

I was wondering what folks were planning to use to develop their REVO sites? Any IDEs? Editors?

Is there a generally accepted best-approach?

The only editor available at this time is TinyMCE, available in System | Package Management | Download Extras.

The FF plugin "It’s All Text" may work, although it won’t have all the functions that TinyMCE has.

I meant from a development/devoloper standpoint.

I’m not sure I understand your question. For developing MODx sites, the MODx Manager is the IDE of choice and TinyMCE is the only avalable plugin for WYSIWYG editing in the Manager.

Some people use various tools for developing MODx templates, but there is no standard tool -- it’s up to you.

For editing files (e.g. PHP and JS files), the editor you use is also up to you. I use NuSphere’s PhpED. Many people use the Eclipse family of tools.

Yeah, I meant for editing the PHP files .. to customize the installation.

i read up on phped. impressive

http://www.php-editors.com/review/nusphere.php

curently: netbeans 6.8
formerly: eclipse galileo + aptana plugin

sometimes i still switch between both.

Most of the times: Notepad++

When advanced function are needed: Netbeans.

And mySQLYog for all kind of jobs

For components (snippets, plugins): NetBeans for PHP, it has very powerful SVN support, flexible projects, etc.
For single files: Kate (KDE text editor).

I can’t say enough good things about PhpED. All the bells and whistles you could want: (code folding, database editor, class browser, declaration finder, built-in FTP, TSVN integration, syntax highlighting, built-in debugger, Multiple bookmarks with quick KB jumps, etc.).

The best thing, though is the killer UI. The down side it that it’s not free. OTOH, there are never any compatibility issues with the components because they’re all written by the same team.

Thanks for the comments. Surprised me to see Netbeans mentioned repeatedly. Even Notepad++. Hmmm, interesting.

As your responses infer, tool-selection seems to be influenced by the scope of the job-at-hand. Bigger jobs need more powerful tools.

One of the more-common comments regarding ’features’ you hear about MODx (if not *the* most common comment) is its ’flexibility’. So I’d expect folks who are drawn to MODx to be those who enjoy tinkering and tweaking .. no?

Am I wrong to assume that REVO is coded with flexibility in mind?

What about something like Komodo Edit?

http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/

Nobody using that freebie? (It’s not just for PHP, tho.)

But MODx has its own framework, yes? Just like EE has CodeIgniter:

http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/

btw .. have you noticed the similarities between EE 2.0 and MODx 2.0? Both are "v2.0" complete rewrites of popular PHP-based CMS’es .. sporting their own frameworks.

But EE is not open source and I believe they decided to maintain compatibility with PHP4.

Where can I learn more about the MODx framework?

Lastly, this link seems relevant:

http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/2009/12/03/php-past-present-and-future/

.. where it says:

•Consider adopting and customizing industry-proven Web solutions (e.g., Drupal, MediaWiki, etc.) built on PHP before building solutions from scratch.