By ilclaudio on

Hi all,
which is the suggested IDE to develop modules on Drupal8?
Which tools do you use?

I'm using Eclipse but I still can't execute remote debugging and I can't use features like "Open Declaration" of methods.
I 'm sure that the experienced developers of Drupal use these functions every day, this is why I'm asking you what tools are you using.

I'm used to develop with an Eclipse installed on my PC which opens a development site installed on a virtual machine in the local network.

Thank you very much

Claudio

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sprite commented

Use:

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Install xdebug

Run with local XAMPP/MAMP/WAMP server.

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ilclaudio commented

Thank you, I've seen that PhpStorm is a great tool, perhaps it is a bit expensive.
We use a virtual machine to develop sites because it is simpler to simulate a production environment and anyone of the team or the customer can access to it. However there many problems to setup a working environment to debug modules with breakpoints and other stuff.

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dotmundo commented

Sublime Text works for me and is free. Unfortunately it is not as robust as PHPStorm nor Eclipse particularly in debugging. I would love to use PHPStorm but it is very expensive.

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sprite commented

The original poster need a debugger, not just a text editor.

Does sublime text support breakpoint debugging?

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dotmundo commented

No it doesn't

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ilclaudio commented

I'm using Eclipse that is free too, but I'm looking for a tool which simplifies the debugging phase.

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Jaypan commented

I've been using Atom as of recent. It's free, has Drupal plugins, and can be used as an IDE for debugging as well. It's all open source, and there are a lot of add-ons that people have developed.

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ilclaudio commented

Thank you, I'll try it.

Do you know if it allows to debug the remote sites (on a remote virtual machine)?

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Jaypan commented

It has remote debugging capability I believe, however I have not used it.

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callpri commented

I use and recommend Codelobster IDE with special plug-in for Drupal development - http://www.codelobster.com/drupal.html

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dco commented

After testing several other apps it's definitively the best way for me (on Mac)

It's a little bit expensive but it really save my time

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Antonín Slejška commented

My reasons: 5 Russian tech products to stop using right now

I test Atom, Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code (on Ubuntu) now.