| Re: Wchich software should beginner use? [message #173755 is a reply to message #173746] |
Tue, 03 May 2011 07:53  |
alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX
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El 02/05/2011 20:12, Petey escribió/wrote:
> I'd like to ask what kind of additional software should I use.
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> I use Eclipse for development and apache for server hosting. What
> else should I learn that might be useful in future - related to DB's,
> programming, comparison.
The first obvious piece of software is a decent GUI tool for your DBMS:
HeidiSQL if you use MySQL; SQL Developer if you use Oracle; SQL Server
Management Studio Express (cough cough) if you use SQL Server...
although Eclipse probably includes one. I've seen too many people
fighting with crappy web interfaces. It's very important to know that
SQL is an independent language and can be debugged separately (again,
I've seen too many people that post their PHP code when they get a SQL
error).
I've also found file compare tools pretty valuable. In Windows I use
WinMerge but there're many alternatives.
I'd also suggest a real Usenet reader such as Thunderbird or Opera.
Google Groups web interface is possibly the worse Usenet reader ever
written. Once you get the software, you can ask for a free account at
http://www.eternal-september.org or the Usenet provider of your choice.
> Should I start using git or svn?
Absolutely! Version control software is a must: you can't do serious
development without it. The difficult bit is which one you should pick
because nowadays there're many possibilities out there.
What's your operating system? GIT is an excellent piece of software but
it's basically designed for Linux and its GUI tools for Windows are not
very good yet. On the contrary, Subversion itself is quite a mediocre
tool but it has first-class applications on Windows. Perhaps you can
evaluate Mercurial as a compromise between GIT and Subversion.
> Please provide me some useful tips and tricks :)
Learn to use the official documentation! In particular, many newbies
tend to replace the PHP manual (which is superb) with random Google
searching.
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