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Mon, 11 February 2013 21:40   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 2/11/2013 4:29 PM, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 11.02.2013 20:13, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>> On 2/11/2013 11:23 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>> Am 11.02.2013 15:29, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>>>
>>>> Incorrect. Linux is not the "native platform for PHP development". It is ONE
>>>> platform for PHP development. PHP runs fine on Windows, also. And there are good
>>>> IDE's on Windows, also.
>>>>
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>>> Unix/Linux is the native platform for web development, because the first web server
>>> was on *nix, and it is still the primary platform (http://news.netcraft.com/).
>>>
>>> /Str.
>>>
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>> It doesn't matter if the first web server was on *nix, nor that it is still the
>> primary platform for web development. Linux is *not* the "native platform for PHP
>> development".
>>
>> In fact, I would almost bet there is more PHP *development* done on Windows, even
>> though *deployment* is done on *nix. Windows is, after all, the predominant system
>> on the desktop (where most development is done).
>
> yes, for the desktop, but not where most development is done.
>
> Maybe I confound it with the question which desktop is best for *nix development, but
> it just does not make sense develop for *nix on a MS Win desktop. You do not even
> have a decent shell. MinGW and Cygwin are not THE REAL THING.
>
> BTW I am not a MS hater, I had a Technet subscription with all MS operating systems
> when I gave courses in MS Networking / Active Directory.
> /Str.
>
>
>
Most development isn't done on a desktop? Horse Hockey! People don't
develop on servers. They may (and should) have development
environments, but like most I've seen, those are done on the same
desktop they write the code on. Some may have a separate "server", but
it generally isn't really a "server" - it's another desktop which
happens to be running Apache or something similar.
It makes perfect sense to develop PHP scripts on a Windows desktop.
There are some great IDEs available for Windows, and unless you need
some rather esoteric *nix functions, the code is 100% portable.
I do my do my development here on Windows (because I need Windows for
other things anyway) with Apache running on this system. Eclipse IDE
runs great and I can edit the files right in the local web directory.
When they are working like I want them to, I upload them to a test Linux
server for final checks. Then over to the live system.
I would suggest many people use a similar process (perhaps without the
test Linux system - it's really not necessary but I like to be careful).
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