BBEdit 9: Customer service and developer love
There is an ongoing debate (in my office at least) about the value of BBEdit instead of a true IDE. I tried Zend, but could never make it show invisibles or line breaks, which drove me crazy.
Well, the BBEdit folks get high marks on two points. One, this email I received yesterday:
Thank you for your previous purchase of BBEdit 8.5. We are happy to inform you that you are eligible for a free upgrade to BBEdit 9.0, a major upgrade with over a hundred new features and enhancements.
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You are receiving this message because you purchased BBEdit 8.5 on or after January 1, 2008.
So, first, big props to customer retention and happiness.
Second, IDE-style features are here. Witness PHP function auto-completes:
Now to make it recognize the Drupal API.
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This is why I love Zend - php highlighting + Drupal API makes my life a lot easier;)
By nonsie on 09.09.08 2:34 pm
True, but the lack of ’show invisibles’ drove me nuts. Of course, the BBEdit version of autocomplete does not include function parameters (yet), which does sort of suck.
By Ken Rickard on 09.09.08 3:28 pm
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