[wp-hackers] Your development Setup

[Mike Schinkel]

On Jul 20, 2012, at 2:19 AM, Ryan WP Mailing Lists wrote:
> I noticed many people mentioned PHPstorm.  But the license cost has me
> thinking twice about it. Searching for other options I came accross
> netbeans which seems promising and its open source and doesnt cost anything.
> 
> Anyone have any experience with netbeans or any other free or low cost
> recommendations?

I tried NetBeans before PhpStorm was released. It was lethargic, buggy and relative light on features.  I tried the beta of PhpStorm before version 1.0 was even released and I switched immediately, and never looked back. Now it's on 4.0 versions in fewer years, and it is light years better than NetBeans.

Considering how much I've leveraged PhpStorm for income, the amount I paid for it is probably the best value per dollar I've ever spent on software in 20+ years.  Period.

FWIW.

-Mike