Re: Zend Studio - getting started

BTW...

A *workspace* is basically a folder that contains all the projects and
files you create while using Zend Core i5. If you go to the File menu
and select the Switch Workspace option, and choose other, a window will
pop up that shows you the complete file path of your current workspace.

You probably need to use only one workspace. A consultant who works for
several companies might use different workspaces for different
companies.

A *view* is basically a window that shows and provides access to
information. For example, you probably see the PHP Explorer view on the
left side of your screen. That view gives you a directory listing of
folders that you have created (with the folders organized into
projects). If you click on these folders, you can access the files in
them, similar to Microsoft Explore.

Like windows, you can resize views. You can move them to different
locations on the screen. And you can click the X in the upper right to
close them. If you accidentally close a view, you can open it again by
going to the Window menu and choose Show View. You may have to search a
bit to find the view you want to open.

A *perspective* is a set of views that appear together. It makes sense
to group different sets of views together when carrying out different
tasks. The views you want open when writing code may not be the same
views you want open when debugging programs. Rather than opening and
closing individual views all the time, you can open and close
perspectives (i.e., functionally grouped sets of views). You can also
leave multiple perspectives open and just switch between them as needed.

Go to the Window menu, choose the Open Perspective option, and select
the PHP Debug perspective. You will see how this view differs from the
standard PHP perspective. You can close the PHP Debug perspective by
right-clicking on the PHP Debug tab in the upper right corner of your
screen and selecting Close.

If you want, you can create custom perspectives. Start in any
perspective. Close the views you don't want, and open the views you do
want. Arrange the views on the screen however you want. Then go to the
Window menu and choose Save Perspective As... Enter a name for the
perspective so you don't overwrite the original perspective. (If you do
overwrite the original, you can restore it. But it's probably better
practice to give custom perspectives unique names.)

Hope that helps a little.

Kelly


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Larry Kleinman
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:26 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: [WEB400] Zend Studio - getting started

Thanks to everyone who has been responding to my cries for help. I now
have a server running, and can put simple PHP scripts in the IFS and
they
run.

I am now trying to find my way around Zend Studio. I have no experience

whatsoever with this type of software - things like workspaces, views,
perspectives, mean nothing to me. The Quick Start in the "5 ways to get

started with Zend Studio" isn't very helpful to me. What i am looking
for
is something that says how to use the editor, how to run the script
without saving it to the server and running it through a browser, how to

debug. Examples and screen shots would be great! Also something that
gets me started on what the more important tabs, panes, buttons, etc do
(not a firehose of every single item that assumes that I know why such a

feature would be useful).

Larry Kleinman
Kleinman Associates, Inc.
212-949-6469
203-255-4100