This document provides over 30 tips and tricks for using Zend Studio more efficiently. It covers shortcuts for navigating and editing code, project management best practices like separating front-end and back-end code, source editing features like code completion and refactoring, and release engineering tools for automating builds and integrating with version control and bug tracking systems. The presentation encourages developers to master their tools as much as their code in order to improve development processes.

1. Prerequisites (Hidden)Install Zend Studio + ServerRun Keyboard JediConnect to a ZF account as tasks repositoryLoad the Zend Framework project into the workspace1024*768

2. Zend Studio Tips and TricksBy Roy GanorEclipse PDT (PHP) & ATF (Ajax) Project LeadZend Studio Project Lead

3. Mastering your tools is as important as mastering your code

4. Project ManagementSource EditingRelease Engineering ToolsShort Keys

5. Short cuts are here! ==ctrlshift==

6. Short Cuts

7. +=+=+=Maximize editor/viewQuick access to workbenchSwitch between editorsctrlctrlctrlM3F6++=Available short cutsctrlL

8. +=+=Quick searchDelete current lineDctrlctrlK++=+/=+/=Block selectionPrevious/Next editorMove line/saltaltaltA

9. +=+=Quick outlineQuick type hierarchyOTctrlctrl++=++=++=++=Comment GeneratorOpen class / interfaceToggle a breakpointOpen function / methodctrlctrlctrlctrlJTBM

10. Source Editing

11. Code assist hints

12. Code assist CamelCase

13. Code assist – Magic functions

14. Refactoring – Extract variable/method++=Select a valid expressionExtract VariableAltL

15. Code Navigation++=++=Select a valid class / interface, method / functionShow referencesCall hierarchyctrlctrlGHalt

16. Use mark occurrences Variables, methods and classes Inherited elements Exit paths Include statementsWrite vs. Read

17. CVS/SVN – Show annotation (blame mode)Right click on the left-side annotation bar and select “Show Annotations”

18. Project Management

19. Project Management TipsSeparate back-end, front-end and tests projects Exclude irrelevant resources from “build” foldersUse working Sets

20. Use you own Formatter

21. Task Repository ConnectorsBugzillaMantisTracAttlasianTasktop

22. Build Tools (RelEng)

23. Team Project SetFile | Import | Team | Team Project Set Import shared team resources and repositories<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><psfversion="2.0"><provider id="org.eclipse.team.cvs.core.cvsnature"><project reference="1.0,:pserver:my.company.repo:/repos,module/project1"/><project reference="1.0,:pserver:my.company.repo:/repos,module/project1"/> ...<project reference="1.0,:ext:oss.org:/cvsroot/ns,module/project,v200909160005"/><project reference="1.0,:ext:oss.org:/cvsroot/ns,module/project,v200904131653"/> ...</provider><workingSets...></workingSets><psf>

24. Zend Studio BuildersAutomate code generation, templates and other stuff!

25. Recap It’s more than just “tips and tricks”… Experienced teams improve their development processes by adding custom behavior to their toolsMore than 30 useful tipsShort CutsProject Management tipsSource Editing tipsRelease Engineering (Build Tools) tips

26. Q&ARoy Ganor – roy@zend.com, @royganor, http://ganoro.blogspot.com/Eclipse PDT forums - http://www.eclipse.org/forums/Zend Studio forum - http://forums.zend.com/