| Re: getting a php capability on ubuntu was Re: using scripting languages to automate a browser [message #180421 is a reply to message #180411] |
Tue, 12 February 2013 13:50   |
Peter H. Coffin
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:29:42 +0100, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 11.02.2013 20:13, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>
>> On 2/11/2013 11:23 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
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>>> Am 11.02.2013 15:29, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>>
>>>> Incorrect. Linux is not the "native platform for PHP development".
>>>> It is ONE platform for PHP development. PHP runs fine on Windows,
>>>> also. And there are good IDE's on Windows, also.
>>>
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>>> Unix/Linux is the native platform for web development, because the
>>> first web server was on *nix, and it is still the primary platform
>>> (http://news.netcraft.com/).
>>>
>>> /Str.
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>> It doesn't matter if the first web server was on *nix, nor that it is
>> still the primary platform for web development. Linux is *not* the
>> "native platform for PHP development".
>>
>> In fact, I would almost bet there is more PHP *development* done on
>> Windows, even though *deployment* is done on *nix. Windows is, after
>> all, the predominant system on the desktop (where most development is
>> done).
>
> yes, for the desktop, but not where most development is done.
>
> Maybe I confound it with the question which desktop is best for *nix
> development, but it just does not make sense develop for *nix on a MS
> Win desktop. You do not even have a decent shell. MinGW and Cygwin are
> not THE REAL THING.
I am not sure how this matters, since 99.9% of development doesn't
even touch a shell, and wouldn't need the facilities of even those
(MinGW/Cygwin) anyway. An IDE works with files, it may compile things,
it probably does some socket stuff connecting to a versioning system
or source repository, but all the capacities of the programs being
developed depend on the capacities of the languages that they're built
in, and all stuff outside that can easily be provided by the IDE itself.
(EG: Who cares if you've got a posix grep utility around if your IDE
would be built with a regexp library bound in anyway?)
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superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead
of keeping it in reserve.
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