[TYPO3-dev] Eclipse Newbie

[ries van Twisk]

On Jan 22, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Stefan Geith wrote:

> Hi Devs,
>
> I already tried several times to start using an IDE (eclipse or
> whatever) for developping with Typo3, but I didn't have much success  
> (or
> maybe 'familiarization' ?) ...
>
> Maybe you Devs could answer me some (simple ?) questions ?
>
> a) Are there many Devs using an IDE for development or are
>    there still some 'hardcore'-coders doing this with vi ?

Eclipse rulez!!! Although not everybody would agree.
I have 4GB of memory in my dev system... Not only because Eclipse
is memory hungry.. but also the databases, web-browsers etc...


>
>
> b) If an IDE, then I should use Eclipse - right ?
>    What Version should I download - PHPeclipse ?
Europa
>
>    What plugins/extensions for Eclipse are a _must_ ?
You don't need much... use PDT as a debugger/php tool

>
>    What plugins/extensions are useful ?
>
> c) Maybe a silly question, but I have no idea about that:
>    How/Where do I create new Workspaces -
>    - One Worspace for every plugin and one for core-development ?
I create one workspace for many projects. This so I don't have to  
switch.
I only create multiple workspaces to separate between private and  
customer projects.
other people 'could' make a separate workspace for each client. But  
this is not really needed.

USe SVn when you can, subclipse is quite good.

>
>    - One for all plugins and another one for the core ?
>      (If this, then every Plugin could be a 'project' - right ?)
>    - Only one Workspace for all Typo3-Developpment ?
>    - Where should I save these Workspaces - on my local harddisk
>      or on the network-folder, where my Typo3 installation
>      resides ?

I link-in TYPO3/PHP projects rather then copy them to my workspace.

>
>
> d) I uses a Windows-PC for developpment and a Linux-Server
>    with LAMP, that is accessed by a network-share - Is this
>    OK or should I have a local WAMP on my Dev-PC ?

should be fine using two seperate computers.
I have it all on my iMac though...

>
>
> I hope your answers help me successfully starting Eclipse ;)
>
> ---
>
> I think I should summarize your answers in the wiki - right ?
>
> -
>
> Stefan Geith
>

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