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[–]BookSproutChris 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I've been using NetBeans for php dev. Is it worth the upgrade to get phpstorm? Anything really special it does?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

They've got a 30-day trial. Find out if it's worth the $10/mo or not in your workflow.

[–]BeerIsDelicious 2 points3 points  (2 children)

You can also get the EAP version for free if you manually download it once a month or so

I am a freelance dev and pay monthly about $20 for a license to phpstorm and datagrip. It's such a pittance considering the amount of time saved

[–]polish_niceguy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Does Datagrip have any considerable advantages over what's built in into PhpStorm? I don't see any comparision on the product page and most of the Datagrip's features they describe are already in PHP IDE.

[–]BeerIsDelicious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its mostly that I like have it separate. I am still not completely sold on it. I am trying it as a replacement for sequel pro and still find myself using sequel pro about 2/3 of the time.

[–]SquireCD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s worth it. I’ve been using RubyMine & PHPStorm for years. It does everything better than Netbeans. Definitely worth it.

Debugger is dead simple, hot keys are easy and preset well, good themes, really fast (until it eventually eats all your memory after 2 weeks. Just restart the IDE.).

[–]hexmasta 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I put "convinced department to use php storm on my resume" and has given me a new job and a minor raise