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Last week, Zend Studio 7.1 was released (read the full press release). This is an important update which contains many new features. The nWire team worked with the Zend Studio team during the beta to ensure the compatibility of nWire with this latest release. nWire for PHP 1.2 fully supports Zend Studio 7.1.

Existing users will notice a nice performance boost over Zend Studio 7.0.x. Our early tests show about 15% improvement in code analysis speed. This is the result of a brand new code analysis and resolution engine. This engine will become available as part of PDT 2.2 during 2010. On a side note, this new engine is based on the H2 Database, the same database which powers nWire.

We are still working on improving the performance and resolution accuracy in nWire. A new beta version is expected shortly which will bring significant improvement in this area.

Users of Zend Studio 7.1 are invited to share their experience with us. Let us know if you encounter any performance difference in nWire operation between the versions, either by emailing our support team or in our forum.

There are quite a few PHP plugins for Eclipse. When we started the development of nWire for PHP, we decided to focus on the official Eclipse PHP support: Eclipse PDT. However, we received numerous requests from users using Aptana, to support the Aptana Studio PHP Plugin.

Aptana is an important member of the open-source community in general and of the Eclipse ecosystem specifically. Recently, they decided to unite their efforts and join the PDT team. Aptana Studio site is now hosted in Aptana.org and the Aptana PHP installation instructions point to the installation of PDT.

For Aptana users, there's an added value: nWire for PHP can now be installed along with the rest of the Aptana toolset. So, Aptana users, go ahead and download nWire for a free, fully functional, 30 day trail.

Update: after several questions and requests, I want to make it clear: previous version of Aptana (1.5 and earlier) will not work with nWire which requires PDT. I do invite you to try out PDT.

nWire for PHP is finally getting a much deserved attention. Read the following press release which was done in cooperation with our partners at Zend.

Here's a Quote from Zeev Suraski, co-founder and CTO at Zend Technologies:

"As PHP applications scale and meet rapidly expanding requirements, the use of advanced, design-pattern based architectures is becoming more and more widespread. While advanced frameworks like Zend Framework provide great basis to build on, making the most of them can sometimes be challenging. nWire's solution, sporting tight integration with Zend Studio 7.0 and PDT, enables developers to build and maintain complex, large-scale applications while greatly reducing the time and pain normally involved with understanding existing application architecture and code. I believe many developers will find it as an invaluable addition to their toolbox."

nWire version 1.2 is released today. In this version, nWire is split into two products: nWire for Java (the original nWire) and nWire for PHP. This is the first offering for the PHP community and we thank all those who supported us and tested our beta versions. Our Java users will also benefit from this version with the new Smart Focus mode and many small enhancements.

You can read the full release notes here. The user guide has been updated with useful information and it is also available online here.

The development of nWire for PHP was done with support from the Zend Studio team. Zend Studio is a powerful PHP development environment on top of Eclipse PDT. It is as essential tool for PHP developers working on large scale applications, much like nWire. There is a natural association between the two tools..

We also updated our web site to reflect the new distinction between the two nWire products. Be sure to check out our new introduction video. However, this is still the same nWire core. Both nWire for Java and PHP can be installed in the same IDE and work together for developers doing both PHP and Java development. We have a special offer for both products, check out our virtual shop for more details.

We are releasing the nWire for PHP and nWire for Java 1.2 Release Candidate today and we expect the final release to follow shortly. The download is available now in our Beta update site. More details on installing the new release can be found here. Users of nWire for Java are advised to wait for the final release.

Most of the fixes and updates in this release are internal, so they won't be visible immediately. The one major change is in the licensing area. nWire was finally split into nWire for PHP and nWire for Java, each can be licensed separately. Users can run both in the same IDE without a problem.

nWire was also enhanced with more installation checks. It should be able to better guide the user in case the installation fails. We know that the installation and activation were a major pain point in nWire and we hope this fix will make this easier to manage. Let us know if you encounter any problems with this release.