Setting up your workstation for Joomla development

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This is a trial to better structure all the wiki pages around developing on and with joomla. Such as:

• Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development. A complete step-by-step guide to installing the Eclipse IDE on your local workstation for Joomla! development.

Installing a web server

Installing a typical web server environment is very easy with following AMP-packages (Apache, MySQL, PHP).

• XAMPP (Mutliple OS)
  • Configuring a XAMPP server for joomla development
  • Xampp
• LAMP (Linux)
  • Configuring a LAMPP server for PHP development
• WAMP (Windows),. A good choice for for a local server environment for windows is WampServer.
• MAMP (Macintosh / OS X) MAMP by living-e AG may be a good choice.

If you want use XDebug for debuggin, you'll need to tune php settings

• Edit PHP.INI File for XDebug

Installing an IDE / Editor (and debugging)

• Eclipse IDE
  • Configuring Eclipse for joomla development
  • How to configure Eclipse IDE for PHP development
  • Configuring Eclipse IDE for PHP development
  • Using Eclipse for Joomla! Development Video webinar demonstrating overview of Eclipse features for Joomla! development
• Komodo Edit
  • Configuring Komodo Edit for Joomla Code Completion
• NetBeans
  • NetBeans overview
• UltraEdit, Notepad++, ...
• Sublime Text 2 Editor
  • Perfect Workflow in Sublime Text 2 tutorial
• PhpStorm IDE
  • Joomla! Development with PhpStorm

Debugging specifics

• Running Automated Tests for the Joomla CMS
• How to debug your code

Using Git

• Working with git and github/My first pull request - The way of the current Joomla! code base.

Related

• Setting up your workstation for PHP development
• Joomla Issue shortcut

Help is appreciated finding related pages and making these pages less redundant.