Product Review: Zend Studio Neon
Well, now that Zend has released Zend Studio Neon, I've taken the time to download it and give it a try. I have to say, they've done a pretty decent job with it. The feature set is very robust and integration with the Zend debugger is very nice. It uses PDT plus some extras to provide excellent PHP IDE support. It's got all the good stuff of Zend Studio and Eclipse combined in one. Out of the problems I noticed in the beta's, most have been fixed, but there's still a few lingering.
One issue is mainly an issue with Eclipse itself, there's no way to convert spaces to tabs or vice-versa. There's also no way to make it trim spaces on the end of lines. This is a feature that Zend Studio has had itself in previous versions. An easy fix to this is a plugin made by Andrei Loskutov called AnyEdit. It's made for Eclipse itself, but since Zend Studio Neon is Eclipse, it installs easily using the directions provided on the page.
Another issue, which was really the show stopper for me, is that the building of the workspace will sometimes "freeze". I say "freeze" because Neon continues to respond, however, you can no longer save any files, close the workspace, or close Neon itself. I must note that I only experianced this issue twice within the few weeks that I used it. It's annoying enough of an issue that I don't care to deal with it. Both times I had the problem was when I went to save a file and it wouldn't save, therefore loosing the work I had just completed. I have noticed that sometimes it does take a while for the project to build the workspace, but I gave it plenty of time to continue each time and it did not make any progress.
Other than those two problems, Zend Studio Neon is a very solid PHP IDE. I haven't gotten around to testing every little feature, but I enjoyed working with it and would reccomend it with caution. Be aware that there are still issues that I'm sure Zend is working on solving, but for the most part it's a very stable editor. Happy PHPing!
Finally Settled…
Hey all. Just wanted to update everyone on what's going on. I'm finally all moved and settled in to the new place. It was hard moving everything, I think the only thing that didn't survive the move was my back 
but everyone is alright, so that's what matters. Kelsey and I have our own place that we've got settled in to for now. Most of our stuff is in storage... but now the hard part about that is going through everything.
I had a bit of a problem with internet, but got that resolved as quickly as possible, though it did cost me a hotel stay. Right now my main issue is that everything is very slow with internet, but it was that way before the move. Apparently my cable company doesn't want to fix a problem that's been looming for months, and now it's so saturated that I can't hardly SSH anywhere without a 2-5 second lag. I'm planning to get DSL, but I'm not sure how soon that will be.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know the latest. I also wanted to tell everyone thanks for the support during this hard time. I just hope everything keeps going good for us all.
Status Update: Part Deux
Just wanted to update everyone on the latest. I've found a temporary place to live until I can get things sorted out enough to find a more permenant home. Right now I'm back in the apartment and have the power on, though I have no running water since the water lines ran through the basement of the house. I'll most likely be moving this Saturday/Sunday... but I don't know how that's going to effect internet and such. I'm hoping I can get all that hooked up by then. I'll update again once I'm all moved.
Status Update
I don't even know where to begin with this post. I'm really just posting to let everyone know that I might not be online a whole lot of the next few days. As some of you know, I live in an apartment above my girlfriend's parent's house. Well, last night around 3:30am there was a fire in the basement... everyone got out okay, but the house is devistated. It only burnt the basment and a little of the room above the basement, but everything in the house itself was destroyed by smoke. My apartment just got a little smoke in it, but everything is ok up there. I feel so bad for my g/f's family because they basically lost everything.
Right now I'm staying in a hotel for a couple nights until I can get power hooked back up to the apartment. From there I've got to get in and get all of my stuff packed up, and then find a new place to live. The g/f's family has already got a couple things lined up for them as they're getting a lot of help, which is good. I don't know how long it will take to get power back, or even if I will be able to. So my connectivity will be very on/off for the next few days at least. I'll keep everyone updated as to what's going on... I just ask for prayers and thoughts as we go through this challenging time. Thanks.
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