ตั้งหัวเรื่องไว้แรงไปหน่อยอาจมีคนหมั่นไส้ ที่บอกว่า Zend Studioเป็นเครื่องมือพัฒนา PHP ที่ดีที่สุดในโลกอาจจะเป็นเพราะหัวคำโฆษณาของ Zend Studio ในเว็บก็เป็นได้ เข้าเรื่องสักหน่อย ZendStudio เป็น IDE (Integrated Development Environment) ใช้พัฒนาเว็บแอพลิเคชั่นที่ใช้ภาษา PHP คุณสมบัติโดยรวมของ Zend Studio มีดังนี้

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Editor and File Management Features             <ul>                 <li>Syntax Coloring, Code Assist</li>                 <li>Templates (PHP, PHPDoc, New File)</li>                 <li>Code Folding (Classes, functions and PHPDoc)</li>                 <li>Real time error detection</li>                 <li>Bookmarks</li>                 <li>Smart Goto Source + Hover Support</li>                 <li>Automatic Insertion (brackets, braces, PHPDoc)</li>                 <li>Matching Bracket</li>                 <li>Comment / Uncomment PHP code</li>                 <li>PHP (Project) Explorer View</li>                 <li>Open resource (File / function)</li>                 <li>PHP Manual Integration</li>                 <li>Search PHP element</li>                 <li>File / Project / PHP Inspectors (Outlines)</li>                 <li>Advanced Code Formatting (indentation, braces, white spaces and blank lines)</li>                 <li>Find &amp; Replace in Files</li>                 <li>Tasks</li>                 <li>Project Include Path</li>                 <li>Problems View</li>                 <li>DnD or Open Explorer Files</li>                 <li>Easy Create New File</li>                 <li>Code Assist for Include Content</li>             </ul>             &nbsp;             <a target="_blank" href="//static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Code-Assist.gif"></a>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Code-Formatter.gif"></a>             &nbsp;                &nbsp;                            2.Editor and File Management Features             <ul>                 <li>Getters/Setters Functions</li>                 <li>Override/Implement Functions</li>                 <li>New PHP Class/Interface</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Code-Generation.gif"></a>&nbsp;                &nbsp;                            3.JavaScript Support             <ul>                 <li>Syntax Coloring</li>                 <li>Basic Code Assist in JavaScript Blocks</li>                 <li>View JS Elements in PHP/HTML Outline</li>             </ul>             &nbsp;                &nbsp;                            4.HTML Support             <ul>                 <li>WYSIWYG Editing</li>                 <li>Syntax Coloring</li>                 <li>Code Assist</li>                 <li>Code Folding</li>                 <li>Drag and Drop HTML Components</li>                 <li>Design and Source View</li>                 <li>Properties View</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-HTML-WYSIWYG.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            5.Source Control             <ul>                 <li>Local History</li>                 <li>CVS</li>                 <li>Subversion</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Source-Control.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            &nbsp;6.Refactoring             <ul>                 <li>Move Files and Folders</li>                 <li>Rename Files Classes, Function and Variables</li>                 <li>Organize Includes</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Refactoring.gif"></a>&nbsp;                &nbsp;                            7.PHPUnit Testing Support             <ul>                 <li>Test Case / Suite Code Generation</li>                 <li>Test Results Visual Support</li>                 <li>Stack Trace and Filtering</li>             </ul>             &nbsp;<a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Unit-Testing-Code-Coverage.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            8.Debugging             <ul>                 <li>Local Debugging</li>                 <li>Web Server Debugging</li>                 <li>Local Deployment</li>                 <li>Text Encoding Support</li>                 <li>Tunneling Support</li>                 <li>Web Servers Management</li>                 <li>File Content Transfer (Use Local/Server Copy)</li>                 <li>SSL Communication</li>                 <li>Browser Toolbar Support</li>                 <li>PHP Executable Profiler</li>                 <li>Web Server Profiler</li>                 <li>Code Coverage</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Debug.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            9.Deployment Support for Remote Systems             <ul>                 <li>FTP</li>                 <li>SFTP</li>             </ul>             &nbsp;<a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Ftp.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            10.SQL / Database Support             <ul>                 <li>Query editor - syntax coloring, syntax code assist</li>                 <li>New Connection Intuitive Wizard</li>                 <li>Editable table viewer</li>                 <li>Objects tree - Tables, views</li>                 <li>JDBC drivers</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Database-Support.gif"></a>&nbsp;                &nbsp;                            11.Miscellaneous             <ul>                 <li>Advanced PHP code analyzer</li>                 <li>RSS Reader</li>                 <li>Web Services Editor</li>                 <li>Web Services support (Wizard and Inspection)</li>                 <li>PHPDocumentor Support</li>                 <li>BIRT Integration (Code assist, Example Project, Templates)</li>                 <li>Java Bridge - Code Assist for Java Classes and Packages</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-PHPDocumentor.gif"></a>&nbsp;                &nbsp;                            12.Zend Platform Integration             <ul>                 <li>Basic Integration (Open Platform GUI)</li>                 <li>Events List View</li>                 <li>Debug / Profile Events</li>                 <li>Automatic Allow Debugging/Tunneling on Server (using WSDL)</li>                 <li>Platform API</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Zend-Platform-Integration.gif"></a>                &nbsp;                            13.Zend Framework Integration             <ul>                 <li>Code Assist</li>                 <li>Framework Project</li>                 <li>Code Templates</li>                 <li>Example Project</li>                 <li>MVC View</li>                 <li>MVC Code Generation</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://static.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Zend-Framework.gif"></a>&nbsp;                &nbsp;                            14.Other Integration              <ul>                 <li>Zend Code Gallery Viewer</li>                 <li>Zend Code Gallery Interactive (suggest, vote)</li>                 <li>Zend Guard integration</li>             </ul>             <a href="http://www.zend.com/topics/en/products/studio/features/zse-Code-Gallery-RSS.gif"></a>                 อ่าน feature มายืดยาวสนใจใช้ ZendStudio กันบ้างหรือยังครับ ถ้าพอจะมีตังค์ก้อซื้อหามาใช้กันได้นะครับ รับรองไม่ผิดหวังแน่นอน &nbsp;