Drupal support in Aptana

Hi folks

I found out that Aptana (arguably the best PHP/JS IDE) will be adding Drupal support to Aptana. I thought this would be a good opportunity for us to get some ideas in to them. (Aptana is a web-specific IDE based on Eclipse, perfect for PHP/JS/AJAX apps)

Firstly I would like to see 'Drupal Project' as a Project Type. When you select this as a project type, the IDE will scan the project and create a Drupal Outline panel with a TreeView - similar to the Outline panel but Drupal-specific.

The TreeView would have branches like this:

My Project
- Modules
- Hooks
- Themes
- Libraries
- Files

Under Modules would be branches for each module in the project, including direct links to all functions. Under Hooks would be every implemented hook, with links to where those hooks are implemented, i.e. under hook_init() there would be links to cck_init(), views_init(), my_module_init(), etc.

Under Themes there would be a branches for every theme, links to theme functions, CSS, JS and template files, etc.

I would also like to see links to all Drupal documentation, the main API, Forms API, Database API, the modules directory, etc. And most importantly, seamless module updating, i.e. right-click on a module and select "Update", and it downloads the module from drupal.org and updates it in your project. Ideally this would also be possible via FTP and SFTP (as in, seamless module updating of a remote site).

I am going to send them these ideas in a document. If you have ideas for Drupal support in Aptana, please send them to me and I will include them. Or let's talk about this some more and see what we come up with.

Mossy