Finally we have compiled WeBuilder and Rapid PHP 2007 RC (fancy name for the actual Beta). The product is available only as a 30-use Trial. Try it now as I am very interested in your comments/reports. We are planning to release final version in a couple of days, so serious bugs must be caught now
You can get them here (just updated today - 8th of May):
http://download.blumentals.net/webuild8.exe
http://download.blumentals.net/rapidphp8.exe (for Rapid PHP users)
Please refrain from inquiries like:
* Feature I suggested is not there!
* How do I export settings?
I am currently most interested in bugs and large usability flaws. Please report bugs, annoyances and usability flaws ONLY. Comments about already implemented interface improvements are welcome as well.
A partial list of what has been done:
% Added: Simple PHP debugger
+ Added: PHP class attributes (var, public, protected, private) are now supported in Code Explorer
+ Added: PHP user functions in auto complete (listed upper in the same file)
+ PHP object auto-complete
% Added: CSE Validator support
+ Improved: New Taskbar/Tabs with drag and drop support
+ Added: Built-in automatic webserver for easy PHP preview
+ Added: Replace now supports regular expressions (matches identified by $1, $2 ...)
+ Added: Roaming is now possible - run the software from an USB stick (see the help for info)
+ Added: New CSS definitions
+ Added: Related styles can be accessed within single click
+ Added: Improved HTML Auto Complete (displays Class/ID values from linked CSS files)
+ Added: CSS Inspector ID auto complete
+ Added: Create a new file in File Explorer
+ Added: Create a new file in FTP Browser
+ Added: Preview CSS on the actual file or URL (special preview files still supported)
+ Added: Remember cursor position and bookmarks
+ Added: Support for MySQL 5.0, Firebird 2.0
% Added: Clickable CSS preview with RXay
+ Added: Text encoding displayed in status bar
+ Added: Easily switch encoding between ANSI, UTF-8 and UTF-8 without BOM by clicking
+ Added: Ruby and eRuby syntax highlighting
+ Added: Easy eRuby preview with built-in webserver
+ Added: ASP.Net syntax highlighting for C#.Net and VB.Net
+ Added: Syntax highlighter user defined schemes
+ Added: Extended color syntax, IMG, TABLE, FORM tag coloring (using custom parser script)
+ Added: Easily set background color for all syntax elements (no more one by one)
+ Added: Easy apply syntax color and style for the same element in all languages
+ Added: Wrap search
+ Improved: Open From list now displays 7 folders instead of 5
+ Improved: Whenever a project is open/switched, Open File dialog selects current project folder
+ Improved: Updated version of HTML Tidy
+ Improved: Select Tag Block now works from ending tag
+ Improved: Faster opening of files
+ Improved: Dragging images from File Explorer to CSS code creates url()
+ Improved: Alt is added when creating image tag using drag-and-drop
+ Improved: Easier resolving of shortcut conflicts for menu commands
+ Improved: When arrow keys are pressed while there is a selection, it is removed and caret placed on the left or right side
+ Improved: When indenting, caret no more goes to the end
+ Improved: When no preview pressed, there should be no preview file created for css
+ Fixed: Bracket highlighting now works with JS + HTML
+ Fixed: Publish project window "Remember selection" can now be unchecked.
+ Fixed: If no units given for some border-width, margin, padding property values (e.g. 4 20px 0 40px), inspector orders them incorrectly
+ Fixed: FTP mappings now work with subdirectories
+ Fixed: The bug with keyboard shortcuts for switching the preview tabs
+ Fixed: Preview area now resizes correctly when rulers turned off
+ Fixed: "Open Recent" list is displayed now correctly if "&" char in the path
+ Fixed: JavaScript Code Explorer bug with spaces after function name
+ Fixed: Shift + Click now increases the selection like in other editors
+ Fixed: Ctrl+G focuses File Explorer if it was previously used
+ Fixed: Conflicting shortcuts under File menu (m)
+ Fixed: "Cannot open clipboard" error message no more popping-up
+ Fixed: Save As filename no more uses previous filename on new documents
+ Fixed: Select tag now works when caret right after <
+ Fixed: When adding mapping and web path left blank A/V error no more happens
+ Fixed: Find All now returns results only all documents if "all open docs" selected
+ Fixed: Select All from menu no more diesables copy
+ Fixed: Replace All problem with lost characters if search regex "\t+"
+ Fixed: When using "alt" to select a column, delete and backspace keys now work
+ Fixed: The "<style>" tag now does auto complete
+ Fixed: Clicking the IE button sometimes causes A/V error (no actual effect on preview).
Features planned later this year after the final release:
* Secure FTP support
* Advanced debugging (watches, view stack etc.)
* Improved XRay for CSS
* CSS beautifier/formatter
* Extended Ruby coding features
* CSS Layout wizard
* Cursor/preview synch
* Color manager
* Many more... we have tons of unprocessed suggestions
