Recommended IDE?

totallag

Hi I was just curious what you guys are using to write all your code in? Eclipse? NetBeans? Also maybe I'm not searching through the wiki hard enough, but is there a way besides looking through the code, to expose all objects that are callable? Like Utils_RecordBrowserCommon::_ I have no idea what I'm able to call here unless I search through the code. Are these functions listed somewhere? Any direction is greatly appreciated :)

jasiek

Hi and welcome to the forum.

You can use any IDE you want. Our team members use whatever seems comfortable: Eclipse, NetBeans, Komodo. You can use just a plain editor like Programmer's Notepad, Bluefish editor. It depends on what features you want to use - code autocomplete, collapsing sections of the code, integration with SVN or Git and other factors.

As for listing all callable objects - I know that our documentation is a weak point. The main source of documentation is our wiki http://www.epesi.org and we update it when possible. Please post you questions here on this forum and we will be glad to help you.

erwin

I'm using the cpanel FileManager v3 editor which have special php syntax colored words.
I've instaled Eclipse Platform Version: 3.7.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I don't know how to open and editing my EPESI instalation inside Eclipse. I saw only java projects there. I need an Ajax/php plugin?

jasiek

You just need to open your project as PHP project. Here is the link to a blog describing how to do it: http://itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.co ... lipse.html
I hope you will not find the blog's title offensive. It was not intentional, simply first hit on Google.

Let us know if you need additional help.

ajb

Hi!

I'm using most recent Netbeans, as it has great code completion support, but it's very slow. It takes a lot of time to first scan of EPESI source to make completion cache. Fortunately it's only once time. I have epesi files in http server dir, project dir somewhere in my home dir, and I'm editing live installation of EPESI. Of course you have to set proper permissions. User is mine, groups is http server user with write permission. It's important to set some folders as ignored to prevent scanning them. Right click on project in panel, properties, ignored folders - at least ignore `/data` dir. Also `/libs` or other third party libs you can put here like `/modules/CRM/Roundcube/RC`. It should improve speed of scanning.

Happy using Netbeans! Ctrl-space is your friend 😉 I also like Alt-Shift-o combination to navigate through files.

totallag

Thank you ajb! I love the auto-completion in NetBeans and this has really helped 😃

erwin

I have my instalation on a remote hosting server with ftp and cpanel access. I created the project, the link with the ftp, but it is empty, nothing is downloaded from the server. What I miss?

jasiek

erwin,
You did not specify what IDE you are using. In the previous post you mentioned Eclipse - is this still the case?
Here is one link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6311 ... on-windows
Unfortunately we can not provide detailed information on setting up the development environment for all possible scenarios.

My advice is not to use FTP for transfering files and use remote server for development. While this can be done - it is slow, painfull and difficult to debug and troubleshoot. If you are using Ubuntu you have everything you need to develop and test your modules locally: http://ubuntublog.org/installing-lamp-ubuntu.htm

When your module is fully tested then you can transfer files to a remote server.

Windows users - use any WAMP stack - my favorite is http://www.uniformserver.com/

erwin

I installed NetBeans sugested by Adam, cause I don't have success with Eclipse, no time to learn how to use it, both... 🙁

jasiek

erwin,

I hope NetBeans will work for you - I also prefer it from Eclipse.
But please keep in mind that what I wrote before still holds - you should develop and test your modules locally. Setup your LAMP/WAMP stack and do it this way. The only better alternative is to setup something like Subversion or any other version control system - highly recommended.

erwin

Thanks, Janus. I used the production server cause a previous instalation of EPESI on a home LAMP server don't work. I don't know enough yet about LAMP servers administration to solve the problem, a friend told me that a LAMP server could not work corectly without a static IP and DNS wich I don't have at home. I want to test the mobile modules I wrote and the server must be visible on the internet. The short way work for me, the KISS principle. Never used a version control system in 20 years of programming.

ajb

No pain, no gain. Sometimes you have to spend some time to learn and then get profits and save your time.
In my opinion if most of your work can be done on localhost, but sometimes you need to show your work on the internet, I see two options:
(0. In both situations install lamp/wamp, write and test code locally)
1. Use dynamic dns services like no-ip.com to show effects. (I am using it and it's very simple in configuration on linux)
2. Sync your code to remote server using rsync over ssh to keep it secure (ex1, ex2), then do some tests again and show it.

Best regards,
Adam

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