Re: request for error checking feature [message #184062 is a reply to message #184056] |
Wed, 04 December 2013 01:39 |
Jerry Stuckle
Messages: 2598 Registered: September 2010
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On 12/3/2013 7:02 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69(at)arcor(dot)de> writes:
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>> richard wrote:
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>>> Correcting errors one at a time, uploading, and doing that a few hundred
>> ^^^^^^^^^
>>> times is tedious, time consuming, and damn boring.
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>> Set up a development environment on your local machine -- that'll save
>> you a lot of time. No need to upload any files in this case -- just
>> edit them in place and refresh the browser window.
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> For people doing a lot of development a full server + PHP + bells +
> whistles is invaluable, but for simple stuff it is worth knowing that
> recent PHP versions come with a built-in server mode.
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Which may or may not operate the same as the production server. It
depends on a lot of factors, including the exact server being used, the
modules loaded and the server configuration, amongst other things.
It isn't all that hard to set up a development server pretty much
identical to the production server. And a lot more accurate in
duplicating the environment. Even for simple stuff it is invaluable.
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