Thinking of buying phpstorm
Hi there,
I'm a front-end web developer/designer using Sublime Text at the moment, but I think I'm interested in moving to phpstorm. The only thing putting me off is the subscription model that they seem to have. I absolutely HATE this model, and it was my main reason for moving away from Adobe.
Can anyone tell me, does phpstorm actually cease to function after the first-years' license expires, or does it simply stop updating?
Thanks,
si
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Hi there,
>Can anyone tell me, does phpstorm actually cease to function after the first-years' license expires, or does it simply stop updating?
It will keep working ... but as the version that was available 12 months ago (at the moment of purchase if it will be 12 months only subscription)
https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240845-What-is-perpetual-fallback-license- (explanatory illustrations available)
For example: if you buy it today -- you will get latest stable 2016.3. If you purchase annual subscription (or 12 individual months) and then decide to stop paying ... even though the latest at that time will be 2017.3 (based on 3 major releases per year) .. you will be licensed to use the one that was available 12 months ago (which is 2016.3.2 at the moment)
In other words:
P.S.
Right now while PhpStorm 2017.1 is still in development, you may use EAP builds for free (each EAP build comes with own 30-day license). Once 2017.1 final will be released and you are happy with it -- you may purchase the subscription.
EAP builds announcements can be found here: https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/ (usually one a week)
EAP (simply speaking) is like beta version (you may treat it that way if that's easier) -- work in progress but stable enough for testing and usage (for those who wants latest stuff).
If EAP does not sound too well (e.g. you are concerned of possible plugin incompatibilities/possible recently introduced bugs etc.) -- 30-days fully functional trial version of stable build is available.