I’ve just installed Eclipse 3.6.1 Helios edition under Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick merkaat) and I’ve found some problems with Aptana.
One problem is the installation of php development tools. Installing it with Aptana plugin manager give me an error of some missing dependencies, as reported here: https://aptanastudio.tenderapp.com/discussions/problems/2031-aptana-php-platform-and-pdt-not-available
I’ve resolved installing PDT from helios update site.
Analogue problem and similar solution for subclipse. Probably the plugin manager of Aptana Studio 2 doesn’t work right with Eclipse Helios, so I’ve just installed subclipse from his update site, installing also SVNKit client adapter.
After Eclipse restart it’s necessary to set the SVN interface to “SVNKit (Pure Java) …”.
Now it’s all right and I’m again ready to develop.
I’m only missing how to do real-time remote collaboration in Eclipse (with services based on XMPP?) …
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Use NetBeans IDE for file uploading!!
After having major file syncing problems with latest version of stock Eclipse PDT + Aptana 3, mainly the fact that the current latest version of them are not compatible with each other, I decided to download NetBeans IDE. So many niggling bugs that I have just gotten use to over the last few years or so.
PHP Parser using up too many resources.
Copy + Paste sometimes not working (aptana ide)
File Syncing is so cumbersome to setup (when it works).
Shortcuts to upload (Control + Shift + U) not working.
Shortcut configuration screen badly designed and awful to use.
New “deploy” menu breaks my eclipse and just goes grey when you mouse over.
Bulky stock install includes hundreds of modules i’m never going to use and there is no way to configure which ones to load. Which means long loading times.
All in all, I think eclipse got some things right over the years, but incompatible modules from different 3rd parties meant that things just started breaking. Aptana IDE did fix some issues such as the PHP Parser, but the file syncing still doesnt work on my laptop (I’m running ubuntu so perhaps its my OS thats the problem).
If you are a PHP Programmer, I urge you to download and use NetBeans IDE because it’s come such a long way over the past 10 years. 10 years ago eclipse was much better, now they have turned the tables.