
PhpStorm+ Zend Debugger - Debugging IDE (Nothing better on the MAC).- SVN Repository and Task Management for client projects.Navicat for MySQL - Commercial MySQL client.I use PC until last year and now Mac and PC so here are mine: For Both Mac & Windows: MySQL Query Browser replaced with HeidiSQL.CSE HTML Validator just never get to use it on top of everything else.webgrind - no need anymore, PhpStorm can now parse and display profiler logs.eAccelerator - modern version don't provide object cache, somewhat unstable (occasional crashes).MoWeS became too much trouble to struggle with component updates and stability issues (Apache started to crash all the time).WP Tuner great performance profiling, unfortunately not maintained and broke for WP3.PHPXref easier to navigate code inside NetBeans.Notepad++ almost never use it since picked up NetBeans.Chrome plenty development extensions already, Firefox is damn slow.Codex Generator (shameless plug) functions research and filling up Codex.Core Control very useful to debug file system access, network access and wp cron.Theme-Check runs battery of tests on theme for official repository theme requirements.list hooks (shameless plug) several functions for hooks debug.Codestyling Localization must have for translations.WordPress Console cool, handy, but glitches at times.View Source Chart color-coded and foldable page source view.SEO Doctor solid no-fluff on-page SEO check.HTML Validator integrates with source view.Dropbox off-site backup storage (in context of WP)įirefox Portable those plugins won't run themselves.

Internet Explorer Collection easy way to have multiple IE for testing.Uniform Server WAMP stack, portable, up to date components.WinSCP secure file transfer, folders sync, remote editing, backup.Xdebug debugger, a lot of useful functions to dump, trace stack, profile.PhpStorm excellent non-free IDE, a lot of focus on speed and productivity.
