WordPress code templates for Aptana
What’s you IDE of choice when it comes to web development? I use Aptana Studio which absolutely rocks when it comes to web development. By default, Aptana doesn’t have a PHP editor but you can install it after you install the default Aptana installation from the Aptana\My Aptana menu option. A page will open with some plugins you can add to Aptana and this is where you will find PHP support.
So, what about WordPress? does Aptana supports WordPress? well, Aptana has HTML, CSS, PHP autocompletion and it also support libraries like jQuery. To enable jQuery autocompletion open the References panel and under the Global References section check (if it’s not checked already) the jQuery 1.2 or 1.3 support; you will instantly get jQuery autocompletion. However, WordPress autocompletion is not yet supported so I’ve been writing a bunch of what Aptana calls Code Templates to assist me while coding a WordPress theme or plugin. It’s no rocket science, all you have to do is (having Aptana PHP installed of course, since WP is written on PHP) go to Window\Preferences. Then, on the tree, go to Aptana-Editors-PHP-Code Templates
Like I said, I’ve started writing some templates, so you can download these WordPress code templates for Aptana 1.2 and import them to the Code Templates. The Code Templates are variable based so, for example, you can write (see the image above) the hook name to add an action to, and it will append the hook name to whatever function name you add (it’s the way I write action and filter functions). I’ve included the WordPress loop by Justin Tadlock, explained in great detail on its website, as an example of a large code template, and you can trigger it typing the_loop on the Aptana PHP editor. Other code templates like the ones triggered by _openfile and _savefile (for opening and saving a file in a WordPress option page) make heavy use of variables.
I wonder why there’s still no IDE that supports WordPress syntax, given that it has become so widely spread on the last two years. We can only expect that 2009 will be the year where an IDE add WordPress syntax. Maybe Aptana is the one, it has been growing amazingly in the last year and I hope it will continue doing it.
I wonder, do you know of any IDE supporting WordPress? which is your IDE of choice? I will be adding more WordPress Code Templates for Aptana so stay tuned!
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thanks, i really useful for me lately, but most of the time i still using old skool notepad..
Notepad could be fine, but IDEs have autocompletion, syntax highlighting, code templates
, code snippets. Not to mention FTP features and synchronizing, code outline, syntax error detection, php live preview and much more. Aptana is even integrated to Firebug in Firefox for Javascript debugging. Give it a try, Aptana Studio community version is free and has all these features, there’s nothing to loose and everything to win.
Awesome. Thanks for this! Major time saver!
Ur welcome, glad you find it useful. I must add more code templates to it… if only days were 27 hours long…
Я в принципе, мало, что смыслю в этм посте, но постараюсь все таки понять.
Огромное вам человеческое спасибо, очень актуальная заметка.
Thx, great…have been looking for this.
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to subscribe to the RSS click on the box at the top of the site =)
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Хорошо пишете. Надеюсь, когда-нибудь увижу нечто подобное и на своем блоге…
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Очень понравилось, даже не ожидала.
Очень интересно, но все в будущем хотелось бы еще побольше узнать об этом. Очень понравилась ваша статья!
а вот вопросик можно? У вас время после поста указано. Это московское? Заранее спасибо!
А у вас пара ошибок в тексте… тока не обижайтесь )
This is incredibly useful to me – thanks a lot!
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Thanks for all the answers. Actually learned a lot. This is only until the end and not разобрался that and from where.
i know one , that supports wordpress, at least thats what they say..
it’s codelobster. never had the chance to try it.
Adrian, I tried Codelobster and I wasn’t satisfied with the results. First of all, the plugins that offer the WordPress/Drupal/Joomla/Smarty autocomplete are not free. I found CodeLobster to be quite closed, not to mention that it can’t be extended. In short, it doesn’t have the power of Aptana, and although Aptana doesn’t have WordPress autocomplete it’s easy to extend it, or create snippets and you get ftp, syncronize, references and many other things that we take for granted when using a full featured IDE. Personally, I will stick with Aptana. Maybe there are other options but Aptana works for me and that’s what really matters.
The abundance of interesting articles on your website amazes me! The author – best of luck and new interesting posts.
Hi ELLIOT! I try to connect WordPress with Aptana and finally I can, but, in other way. When I import the XML that you publish, aptana show me an error, something about get_header()[1]. So, I install XAMPP and, in run configurations -> start URL, write localhost/mysite[2]. Is a wrong way, I think, because Aptana provide me a server and I use another, but, I can’t connect the Aptana Server with WordPress, any idea? Thank you!
[1]http://www.inkframe.com/jpg/1.jpg
[2]http://www.inkframe.com/jpg/2.jpg
The publication is very well-published, the webmaster to explain everything, is what to think.
I have been looking for an IDE that supports WordPress. The closest thing I’ve found is a plugin for dreamweaver called ThemeDreamer.com It’s pretty ok if you don’t want to touch code at all, but I’ve decided that to master WP, I’m going to have to wade into the code waters. I’ve been switching around between Aptana, Expresso, and Smultron/Cyberduck.
Hi ILC-
Great posting. I’m still at the shaky stage of the CSS learning curve, and I really need to see the effects of my coding on the visual layout. Have you figured out a way to edit wordpress themes where you can actually SEE what you’re doing?
Ted, you can try XRefresh. Works on Firefox and IE6-7:
The current address for it is
xrefresh.binaryage.com
It is nice to read your blog. It is my understanding of many topics.
I’m just dropping by to say that I very much liked seeing this post, it’s very clear and well written. Are you considering posting more about this? It appears like there is more fodder here for more posts.
A chto dlya vas vash blog? Vi proffesional’niy blogger ili eto prosto dlya dushi?
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much for these! I just discovered Aptana an hour ago and immediately began looking for WordPress integration. I agree, someone needs to compile ALL of the WP codex for Aptana. WP is the only CMS I design sites for!
great post! love the design of your site
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заранее спасибо .
Такие тексты только в ЖЖ публиковать, а не здесь =(
Очень красиво, работа собственная?
Thanks, very good!
Thank you so much mate!
You’re welcome. Updating these templates it’s always a pending task.
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ThemeDreamer and ThemeServer extensions to Dreamweaver. It provides code hints, realtime previews and a simple desktop web server just for that purpose -doesn’t interfere with LAMP when you really want to dig into code. But for the CSS graphic and web designer, the plugins are essential to the CS3/CS4 suite.
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Спасибо. Хороший пост. Мне очень понравился
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DreamWeaver CS5 tiene soporte para WordPress, Joomla, Drupal … habrá que probarlo… (o no?
)
Truth is that I don’t know about DW. However, I’m definitely sticking with Aptana no matter what
Hello, this is really cool initiative to create a code template for wordpress Aptana is fantastic, I’m not able to import more! I’m using Aptana Studio 2 and it has no choice in the way PHP “Aptana-Editors-PHP-Code Templates”, just the way “PHP-Editor-Template” and when I try to import in the latter simply nothing happens, it does not matter data, am I doing something wrong? I await an aid!
And.. sorry my english, I’m still learning, rss!
To get these options, download the old, Aptana PHP plugin instead of using Aptana PDT for PHP development. You can find a tutorial about doing it.
Thanks Elio, I do not got to uninstall my current version of Aptana, the most installed version 1.5 and am using the php plugin Aptana, which really is much more powerful, and works much better, already imported the codes and is working very well with wordpress! Thanks for the tip! hugs
Hello again, lol, I wonder if you plan to put this project code template tags like the_title (), the_content, is_category, finally, tags used to control the content received from the posts, archives etc. .. !?
Indeed. It has always been my idea. There’s always something more interesting though :S As soon as I add something I will upload it here.
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Update for Aptana Studio 3, you can add a new Ruble for WordPress. Aptana also used your WordPress Template and converted into a Ruble. Thanks for this.
Here is the link on how to add a new Ruble on your Aptana Studio 3.
https://aptanastudio.tenderapp.com/discussions/questions/969-can-aptana-3-do-code-assist-for-wordpress-projects
I´m using Aptana studio 3, i have installed the wordpress ruble. When i create a new php file i can see any wordpress auto-completion. I have tried commands->Wordpress->choosen command and i get an error: “Command ‘my choosen command’ is not defined.
DO you have a tutorial on how to set up aptana to best work with wordpress live locally?
Instructions how to set up wordpress code hints in Aptana 3: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/27063/aptana-wordpress-code-hinting
This is really awesome. thank you for this incredible informmation. These are really helpful to me.