The TSW Blog

My good friend Jeff Sabarese just sent me this nifty phpCoder 2008 button. If you feel like linking to phpCoder, and I really hope that you do, this button might make it cooler :)

You can insert it like this:

<a href="http://www.tsware.net/phpcoder.php" title="TSW phpCoder - Advanced PHP IDE"><img src="http://www.tsware.net/images/madewith/phpcoder2008.png" alt="TSW phpCoder - Advanced PHP IDE" style="border: 0" /></a>

I'm happy to announce the release of version 1.02 of TSW phpCoder 2008. It comes with the following changes:

• AutoProposal lists can now be confirmed with the Tab key as well
• Project based include directories can now be recursive, to allow for automatic inclusions of subfolders and thereby files
• A bug, which caused the debug interface to not be changed under certain conditions, was fixed
• A couple of minor PHP Tidy bugs were fixed
• HTML end tags will now be completed with the correct casing, according to the HTML tag settings
• Updates through the database result window would cause an exception if the user didn't have the required rights - a nicer message has been implemented

Besides that, a new error handling mechanism has been implemented. It will pop up instead of the old messagebox, when an unexpected error occurs, and besides looking better, it allows you to see more details about the problem, and even better: Submit them to us with a single click on the mouse. Hopefully this will give me a better overview of which problems still exist, allowing me to fix them faster and better :)

To upgrade, simply go to the phpCoder product page and download the application. Install it on top of the previous version, that should cause no problems. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

I just want to let you all know what's currently going on here at TSW. After a long period where phpCoder was the absolute main focus, it's good to finally have it out. I used last week to get out the first maintenance release, and I'm currently writing down things to fix/change for version 1.02 :). This week I've started something that I've been looking forward to for quite a while now: A new version of TSW SiteSync. I already had a list of at least 20 things I wanted to do with it, both small and big things, with several of the suggestions coming from various users of SiteSync. The biggest change will be more responsiveness. People have been complaining that it locks up too much when working, and I'm dedicated to making this a much more smooth experience. As I work on this, I keep finding small things that I wish to change, so my TODO list has already grown quite a bit. Despite that, I hope to have a beta version out within the next couple of months. There will be lots of changes, so I will once again need the help of some talented betatesters. More about that once I have an actual beta version ready :)

While big parts of this new version will be re-written from scratch, I'm still not sure whether it should be a major release, or just SiteSync 1.10 or something like that. I do have one thing decided already though: This will be a free upgrade for existing SiteSync customers, no matter if it was purchased along with WebCoder/phpCoder or as a stand alone purchase.

I will try to post more information about this new version of SiteSync soon - stay tuned :)

I'm happy to announce the release of version 1.01 of TSW phpCoder 2008. It comes with the following changes:

• Several IntelliSense bugs were fixed
• Better support for the Ctrl+Space shortcut, in various PHP code contexts
• Minor PHP Tidy fixes
• A small bug where an extra / character would be used in a servermapped URL has been fixed
• The address field of the old style interface has been made more flexible, so that it automatically adjusts its size to better use up free space
• Added support for basic clipboard (Cut, Copy & Paste), Undo/redo and Select all shortcuts in IE preview (Mozilla preview does not seem to allow it)
• The font color of the PHP reference listview could get a bit hard to read with certain Windows color schemes
• Find references can now be used on a selected identifier as well
• The Save As dialog now uses path and filename from existing file, if possible
• An extra setting for controlling the PHP AutoProposal list was added, to differ between automatically showing for variables, class members etc. and for identifiers (when you start typing a word). You can turn the last one off, if the AutoProposal list is causing slow typing in phpCoder on your computer
• A bug where the FTP port number would not be displayed correctly in the FTP server dialog was fixed

Besides that, a new option will be added to the Start menu, allowing you to easily manage the settings for TSW phpCoder, without starting the application. This allows you to reset layout, reset all settings, access the various folders and even make a backup of your settings folder.

To upgrade, simply go to the phpCoder product page and download the application. Install it on top of the previous version, that should cause no problems. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.