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It's final beta 5 time! The final version of phpCoder is now only a couple of weeks away, so it's definitely time to get rid of those last bugs. As mentioned, I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters at the end of the test, so get busy :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 final beta 5 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

In this version, a feature for sharing Scripts have been added. Be sure to share your home made scripts, so we can all benefit from them. The feature can be found in the Scripting menu. Let me know what you think :)

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

Final beta 4 is here, ready for testing. We're getting really close now, so keep up the good work, guys. As mentioned, I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters at the end of the test :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 final beta 4 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

In this version, a feature for sharing CodeSnippets have been introduced. Hopefully, this will be extended in the future, to allow for sharing scripts and perhaps other things as well. Be sure to share your favorite CodeSnippets so we can all benefit from them. The feature can be found in the CodeSnippets dialog. Let me know what you think :)

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

The amount of bugs for final beta 2 has been rather limited, so to make sure that you have an even more stable version of phpCoder to work with, I have now released final beta 3. Now it's time to find those last bugs, so we can get the final version out really soon. As mentioned, I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters at the end of the test :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 final beta 3 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

Things are moving fast now, and it's time for final beta 2. Keep up the good work, so we can catch those last bugs. I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters at the end of the test :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 final beta 2 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

I'm happy to announce the release of the first final beta version of TSW phpCoder 2008. This is also the first beta release where the almost-finished documentation has been included, so go check that out as well. Now, go find some bugs and keep up the great work, so we can get the final version out soon. I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters at the end of the test :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 final beta 1 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

I have just released beta version 4 of TSW phpCoder 2008. The number of bug reports is declining, and hopefully we will soon be able to move on to final beta. For now, just go find some bugs - you guys are doing a great job! As already mentioned, I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 beta 4 - please provide feedback in the beta forum

Special note to people with a previous beta version installed: Unless you allow phpCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since each beta release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues where these files are involved.

It's that time of the year again, and I would like to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! 2007 was definitely the year of WebCoder for TSW - I spent most of the first 8 months getting it ready for release, and some of the last 4 months supporting and updating it. There has already been several maintenance releases, offering both bug fixes and enhancements, and I have the next update ready for you very soon. SiteSync was released too, and I'm very happy to see that you have accepted it so well. I use SiteSync my self almost every day, and I already have features planned for the next version, including SFTP and FTPS support. However, my main focus through the last 3 months, has been TSW phpCoder 2008. You will see the first beta versions within January, and I really can't wait to show it to you. I'm working very hard on getting it beta ready, but new and cool ideas just keep popping up in my head :). As a small Christmas present, here is the video I promised you, showing some of the more advanced debugging functionality of phpCoder 2008:

Click to see a video of the advanced debugging functionality of TSW phpCoder 2008

Please let me know what you think of it. Merry Christmas everyone :)

Hello all. As promised, I will show you how debugging works in the upcoming TSW phpCoder 2008. The first video only shows the most basic functionality of the debugger - breakpoints, stepping through and into/out of code, as well as watches. Debugging is by far my favorite feature in phpCoder, and hopefully, you will like it too. Have a look and let me know what you think:

Click here to see a video of basic debugging in TSW phpCoder 2008

Feedback is much appreciated. Stay tuned for a video of the more advanced debugger functionality :)

A potential customer wrote me an e-mail about his thoughts on WebCoder. One of the things he missed, was a way to insert comments around a piece of CSS code, using a keyboard shortcut. I wrote him back with a single line of scripting code, and advised him to put it in a User button, and then create a keyboard shortcut to that button. He wrote me back and told me that it would be great if this single script could be used both in CSS and HTML, and that it would be great to have a script for removing the comments again - doing stuff like this is handy for debugging purposes, as most of us know. Here is the script I wrote for him - hopefully someone else can use it as well, or at least learn something from it :). Here it is:

if((Editor.Document.Language.Key == "PHP") or (Editor.Document.Language.Key == "CSS")):
	startTag = "/*"
	endTag = "*/"

if(Editor.Document.Language.Key == "HTML"):
	startTag = "<!--"
	endTag = "-->"

s = Editor.SelectedView.SelectedText
if(s != ""):
	if((s.StartsWith(startTag)) and (s.EndsWith(endTag))):
		Editor.SelectedView.SelectedText = s.Substring(startTag.Length, s.Length - startTag.Length - endTag.Length)
	else:
		ScriptUtils.InsertTags(startTag, endTag)

At least here in TSW HQ - stay tuned for more information!