Whats the best way to edit plugins?

[jwocky]

I currently use the vbulletin editor to make edits to plugins, however its becoming very tedious. On every code edit, i have to submit it and then reload the plugin from the plugin list to do another edit. I spend more time opening the plugin, then on actual edits

I was wondering if anyone came up with a good way to do php edits to plugins that is more seamless?

Thanks!