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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.

I have just released the 3rd beta version of TSW phpCoder 2008. I think that the application already feels more stable, but I'm sure that there are still bugs to be found, so keep up the good work, guys. As mentioned last time, I will be giving away free commercial licenses to the 5 most active betatesters :)

Download TSW phpCoder 2008 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.

TSW phpCoder 2008 beta 2 has just been released. I wish to thank all the very active beta testers, who have kept me very busy for the last couple of weeks! More than 100 issues have been resolved from beta 1 to beta 2, and I really wish to thank you guys for being so devoted to finding the bugs and telling me about them. I forgot to mention this in the first blog post about beta 1, but I would like to give away a free commercial TSW phpCoder license to the 5 most active betatesters once the final version has been released - as usual :). Keep up the good work!

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

Please be aware that the usual splash screen has been deactivated in beta 2, because of a compatibility issue with one of the components used. I hope to have this issue fixed soon, hopefully for beta 3. 

Special note to beta 1 users: A minor change was made to the internal name of the main menu. This invalidates the toolbar layout file that beta 1 has created for you. If you choose to keep your settings during the first start of beta 2, the main menu will not be displayed properly. In that case, please do the following: Press F8, go to Interface -> Toolbars and press the "Reset all toolbars" button. Now restart phpCoder, and the main menu should be okay again :)

I'm very happy to announce that the first beta version of TSW phpCoder 2008 has just been released. You may download it by using the link in the end of this post. Seeing as this is the first beta version, I wish to remind you that the feature list is not necessarily complete yet. If you find something that you would like implemented, be sure to let me know already now. The longer we get into the beta process, the more reluctant I will be to implement new features :). And now, the download link:

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

I'm really looking forward to hearing what you think of it!

Please notice that TSW phpCoder 2008 requires the .NET framework to run. The installer will try to install it for you, if you do not already have it. For more information about the .NET framework, please see our .NET info page. Also, please be aware that this is beta software. It's meant for testing only, and if you don't feel comfortable using software with known bugs and quirks, you should wait for the final version.

I'm happy to announce a new maintenance release of TSW WebCoder 2007. This release carries the following changes:

• Changes to Code Tidy settings would not always be saved
• The Ctrl+Tab shortcut would in some cases lead to an error message
• User buttons were not imported properly from the First time wizard
• A new file association dialog was added, allowing you to create file associations for WebCoder (see the Functions menu)
• A new & nifty icon for files associated with WebCoder has been included in the main application folder (used by the File association dialog, of course)

To upgrade, simply go to the WebCoder product page and download the application. Install it on top of the previous version, that should cause no problems. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

Whenever your project reaches a certain level of complexity, navigating the code can be a very time consuming task. For instance, you may using a function in one file, but it's actually declared in another file. This makes sense with PHP, because include files makes it easy to re-use your functions and classes in many files. But what do you do when you need to have a look at how this MagicStuffWillHappenWhenYouCallMe() function actually works? Remembering where it's declared, opening the file and searching for the function is painfully slow, and if your project is just a tad bit more complicated than 3 files using the same functions.php, you will soon be using more time navigating your code than writing it!

TSW phpCoder 2008 comes with two functions that should help you a lot when navigating code. "Navigate to" and "Find all references to". They are both based on the same parsing engine that brings you PHP IntelliSense, giving them the huge advantage of actually being context-sensitive. For instance, you may have two functions with the same name, but one of them belongs to a class - if you make a reference search for the class member, the stand-alone function won't show up in the results, because phpCoder knows the difference from looking at the parsed documents.

This functionality really took a long time to implement, with lots of little details needing attention, but I hope that you will think it was worth the extra wait, once you see the video of it in action :). Please remember that while the example code/files used in the video are very simple, this works just as well on big projects with many files!

Click to see a video of how code navigation works in TSW phpCoder 2008

Please let me know what you think of it. I really appreciate your feedback :)

I'm happy to announce a new release of TSW SiteSync, version 1.03. It comes with the following changes:

• The "Watch mode" now respect the sites exclusion rules, adding excluded items unchecked to the list
• The built-in FTP client now supports uploading external files when dragged & dropped from e.g. Windows Explorer.
• "Execute file" and "Browse current [local] folder" were added as options to the built-in FTP client
• A hack was implemented to allow seeing files hidden by ProFTPD servers, e.g. .htaccess files (Edit the site and click on the Test connection button to enable this)
• Minor GUI changes and a few minor bugs were fixed

To upgrade, simply go to the SiteSync product page and download the application. Install it on top of the previous version, that should cause no problems. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas. I've spent some of mine in the company with a new friend: phpCoder 2008 :). Most of the time was used correcting minor bugs and implementing new features, and my TODO list has decreased a lot over the last two weeks. One of the things I have worked quite a bit on, is support for code documentation. The most used system seems to be phpdoc, and phpCoder comes with some pretty cool support for this, as you will see in this video I have created for you. As usual, if you have any questions or comments, be sure to let me know :)

Click to see a video of the phpdoc features of TSW phpCoder 2008

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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 :)