Zend Studio for Mac 5.5 is a proficient Integrated Development Environment that integrates all the necessary development components required for the PHP application lifecycle. With the help of its set of impressive tools relating to editing, analysis, debugging, database, and optimization, the utility accelerates the development cycles and eases the complex projects. The utility supports developers in developing creating modern Ajax applications, and comes loaded with effective PHP capabilities, enhanced JavaScript support and extends support for Dojo Ajax and Zend Framework, for developing applications speedily.

Zend Studio for Mac 5.5 opens with a modestly structured interface with options relating different functions placed on it. The application comprises of left pane for displaying the PHP documents explorer, and the relevant PHP files content is displayed with area. On the file area you can perform the desired editing or modifications in codes or files. It supports opening multiple tabs for accessing various files to carry out the desired task. The utility further includes a long list of features like PHP4, PHP5, Syntax Coloring, Templates, Code Folding, Real-time error detection, Bookmarks, Goto Source with Hover, Automatic Insertion, Matching Bracket, Open resource, PHP Manual Integration, Search PHP element, Advanced Code Formatting, Find & Replace, Tasks, Code Assist, Override/Implement Functions, Drag-Drop HTML Components, View JS Elements, Source and Design View, Web Services Editor, along with the Local History, Properties View, Local and Web Server Debugging, SSL Communication, PHP Executable Profiler, deploy FTP SFTP Remote Systems, Query editor, Editable table viewer, JDBC drivers, Java Bridge, PHP code analyzer, BIRT Integration, RSS Reader, and even more. The application consists of huge number of functions and options that can be extremely beneficial for the developers.

With the Zend Studio for Mac 5.5 the development process get quicker and developers can save much of their time for being more creative with their PHP projects. With such a vast range of functions and overall stellar performance the program earns a score of 4.5 rating points.