NetBeans vs Ninja IDE

NetBeans is a free, GPL-licensed IDE. It can run on any computer with a Java virtual machine. If a computer has a Java virtual machine (JVM), Netbeans can run on it. Netbeans can, therefore, run on a variety of operating systems such as Windows, *nix, and Mac OS. Being open source means that developers can contribute changes to the code to have the IDE better serve them.

Has built-in support for the most popular revision control systems

Supports synchronization with projects stored remotely through FTP or SFTP.

You can run Linux terminal inside the IDE.

Supports Symfony1, Symfony2,Yii2 & Zend frameworks.

There's a built-in local history that lets you compare code changes and revert to a specific revision. Helpful when source code file accidentally overwritten.

PHPUnit is a testing framework. You can create test classes, run and see the code coverage directly from IDE interface.

Git commits/local diff comparison is best

NetBeans can be extended beyond the basic tool that you get out of the box through community made custom plugins.

The most used composer commands can be done directly from IDE.

Netbeans not only debugs your code, and points out errors but also gives you hints on which sections of your code could be further optimized.

Supports Smarty Template Engine right out of the box.

NetBeans provides code completion and documentation for all Twig elements.

Supports documentation generation through ApiGen and PHPDoc.

Supports static code analysis with phpstan

ApiGen allows automatically generating documentation from specifically formatted comments. It's easy to use, supports traits, allows fuzzy searching for classes and highlighting docblocks using Markdown.

Plugins can easily be created to add features that you may need but are otherwise missing from the IDE.

Has out of the box support for virtualenv, which can be added when first starting a project or later through the settings.

Has an embedded python console built in.

It is possible to run the project or any file opened in the editor with just one click.

Allows you to search one or more words, a regular expression, etc.

• GNU/Linux
• OS X
• Windows

NInja IDE highlights both static and PEP8 errors in a file. With each type of error having its own icon.

Also supports rendering HTML files currently loaded in the editor.

Allows you to manage projects, saving descriptions and information about them and letting the user to perform file management related task inside the IDE itself.

Code locator allows quick and direct access to any file, function or class inside one of the project by simply pressing a few keys. Pressing Ctrl + K open a popup over a text field, where you can type the name of what you want.

You can easily see all functions, classes and attributes in the current program.