[wp-hackers] Debugging WordPress in IDE

[Mike Schinkel]

On Mar 27, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Marko Novaković wrote:
> There are a lot of mechanisms for WP debugging, such as some plugins,
> wp_debug variable, print_r, log, etc. I'd like to know your experience about
> WordPress debugging in some IDE with breakpoints and watches. I prefer Linux
> platform, Apache server, XDebug and Eclipse. If someone have good experience
> with Eclipse, NetBeans of PHPStorm, please give me advice for setting
> environment.

I've been extremely happy with PhpStorm+Zend Debugger on the Mac.  I first tried NetBeans but it was sluggish and the debugging experience was less than usable compared to PhpStorm. PhpStorm also has a lot more high-end coding features for finding and refactoring code.  Definitely worth the US$99 for a personal license. JMTCW.

-Mike