I just finished reading Drupal's documentation on Configuring Eclipse, but the text seems slightly outdated. Some key modules for Drupal support seem not available and not to be maintained anymore. Since Eclipse PHP is arguably the most popular Open Source IDE out there, I would like to know if someone could help me with these:
- Is there any recent plugin for Eclipse that would help me with Drupal coding standards, full API and theme?
- If the answer to my previous question is NO, is there any other IDE that is more appropriate for Drupal 7 development?
Eclipse is quite close to be the most versatile and complete Open Source IDE for Drupal 7 development I've tried so far. I've also installed Atom and VS Code: both of them are great tools in their own way. I can see myself using those tools in the future since I find them all suitable for slightly different purposes/project types. Atom would be great for some light Drupal editing. Its responsiveness, simplicity and theme colors completely blown me away (note: I haven't used PhpStorm yet, so don't blame my enthusiasm). :)
Main issue:
I could use CodeSniffer (for Drupal coding standards) on Atom and VS Code, but there's no official support for Eclipse plugin (even though I could select details related to the coding standards manually). On the other hand, there's a great help with Code templates for Drupal hooks in Eclipse and that great feature is way more "limited" within the other two.
I just installed NetBeans IDE 11.0 hoping that it would put this journey to an end, but the main plugin for Drupal seems deprecated for quite a long time and therefore it's not that helpful. The closest match to something well rounded for Drupal is Eclipse.
Is there a way to find a modern IDE nowadays that makes Drupal development quite user friendly and usable with least amount of headache?
Comments
VS Code
I think you can use Vs Code with an extension called
Drupal Syntax Highlighting
very cool i think
PHP Storm
by jetbrains is the IDE of choice for Drupal developers. Though it is not for free for most developers, contributors to Drupal modules can get it for free. Have try!
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Wilfried
Drupal: a CMS without typo in its name
VSCode vs. PhpStorm
Yes, I already switched to VSCode and so far, I quite like it. Already forgot about the benefits I had with Eclipse PHP (if any). I will keep using it for awhile and if it just won't cut it, I will give PhpStorm a try.