Zoop Auto Complete With Eclipse PDT

There are a lot of useful functions and Zone methods in Zoop which can be accessed quickly and inserted to your projects automatically if you are using a proper IDE. Auto completion for Zoop methods can be added to your projects in Eclipse PDT (Eclipse PDT is an IDE for PHP using Eclipse).

Please note that an Eclipse project must already exist for your Zoop App and if Zoop already exists in your App folder this will happen automatically. These steps are only needed if you have Zoop in a folder that is separate from your Zoop App folder.

  1. Right Click on the project name in Eclipse
  2. Select "Configure Include Path"
  3. Click the "Libraries" tab
  4. Click the "Add External Folder" button
  5. Select Your Zoop folder
  6. Click the "Ok" button
  7. Rebuild using CTRL + B or Project->Build All

To test if it worked open a Zone file (zone_default.php) and type "$this->" and press CTRL + Space bar. You should see a popup with all of the Zone methods to select from which should make code completion much easier to remember and faster to complete.