PhpED vs Codelobster
When comparing PhpED vs Codelobster, the Slant community recommends PhpED for most people. In the question“What are the best IDEs or editors for PHP?” PhpED is ranked 9th while Codelobster is ranked 24th.
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Pros
Pro PHP, HTML, and CSS code Validator
Pro Includes a webserver
Pro Powerful debugger
Pro Allows debugging in localbrowser
Pro simple to use
You can use it without putting much effort in learning IDE.
Pro Remote file editing
Pro Lightweight
Pro Simple remote debugging configuration via Wizzard.
Pro Advanced support for all popular frameworks
Including Laravel, Bootstrap. jQuery, WordPress, Drupal, Yii and so on.
Pro Special support for JQuery through the jQuery plugin
The jQuery support (when you install the jQuery plugin) is great. It adds function definitions so that autocomplete works as intended. Furthermore, the IDE knows about the logic of the different libraries and frameworks and can understand that $(this)
refers to a jQuery instance.
Pro Great HTML, CSS and JavaScript autocomplete
Codelobster has great HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP autocomplete
Pro Free version available
There is a free version available for download; it comes with a lot of features that you would find in an IDE.
Pro Portable option available
Codelobster IDE offers a lightweight, portable option.
Pro Hovering over a CSS property shows you which browsers are supported by that property
This is a really nice feature as it immediately shows you the browsers that support a certain CSS property. Of course, it does not beat actual testing, but it's still a nice feature that saves developers a lot of time.
Cons
Con Not native in mac OS and Linux
Can only run on Mac or Linux via Wine.
Con The current 64-Bit version is not supported via Wine
Con You need to sign up to get a free serial number for the free version
In order to use the free version of Codelobster, you have to sign up and get a free account. This is done to help stopping piracy, but it's still pretty jarring when all you want to do is install a program.
Con Expensive
For the Pro version (which includes all the available plug-ins), the cost is $99.95. The lite version (without plugins) is $39.95.