Zend Studio

About Zend Studio

Zend Studio is a PHP IDE that works well for most web designers who need to manage PHP websites. It is most effective if you already use the Zend server, as it will automatically detect the server and give you more features and functionality to go with that framework. You can also use the Eclipse platform to get more plugins and build even more complex applications.

Target Market(s): Professional Web Developers

Review last updated: October 12, 2011.

Zend Studio Version: 8.0
Score: 136
Percent: 40%
This score was generated using the methodology listed in the article: Finding the Perfect Web Editor.

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Operating System(s): Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX

Zend Studio Features

• Text editor
• Save pages as HTML with DTD
• Write XHTML documents
• Color coding
• Tag completion
• FTP or Site manager
• FTPs or Secure FTP
• Search and replace
• Extended search and replace (across multiple documents)
• Edit multiple files/tabbed file editing
• Can edit JavaScript
• Helps with Ajax JSON, or jQuery pages
• Additional CSS assistance
• Can edit PHP, ASP, or JSP
• Database connectivity
• Edit XML and/or RSS
• Save snippets of code
• Free templates
• Version control
• Free trial
• Upgrade discounts or freeware
• No limits on free or trial version
• No subscription fee required

What’s Missing from Zend Studio

• WYSIWYG editor
• HTML validator
• Accessibility validator
• CSS validator
• XML validator
• Page preview
• Alternate browser or OS preview
• Mobile device preview
• Mobile scripts, functions, or links
• Create mobile web applications
• Package mobile apps for delivery on app stores
• Write HTML 5 documents
• Edit images
• Connects to graphics software
• Multimedia functions
• Assistance with adding videos to websites
• Ability to add video and audio using HTML5 with fallback options
• Save Adobe AIR files
• Save files as PDF
• Link checker
• Special character tools
• Can edit CSS
• CSS 3 properties and selectors
• CSS3 media queries tools built-in
• Dynamic page rendering and editing with server-side programming languages (PHP, JSP, ASP, CFM, etc.)
• Google sitemaps
• Spell checking
• Writes to blogs
• Free scripts
• Form wizard
• Photo gallery builder
• Ecommerce tools
• SEO assistance built-in
• Captcha support or other methods of protecting forms
• Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)
• Customizable or extendable

Full price: $299.00 Upgrade price: yes

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