To facilitate web development, I wanted the same environment on my Windows 10 desktop as exists on my Ubuntu VPS server. With WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), I can have the same LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP) setup on my Windows 10 desktop. See my previous post, Install Subversion…
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I needed Subversion client access on a fresh Windows 10 installation. Rather than installing one of the Subversion clients for Windows (for example, CollabNet Subversion or SlikSVN), I decided to take advantage of the new WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The best part of macOS is the Linux system which…
Leave a CommentIn the past, whenever I needed a web server on Windows, I would install the XAMPP distribution (comes with Apache, PHP, and MySQL) and call it a day. This time, I wanted to use Nginx instead of Apache as the web server. Below are the steps I took to install…
15 CommentsI recently installed the latest version of Eclipse on Windows 7 64bit and noticed some changes which I wanted to document below. I will copy some tips from my previous posts concerning Eclipse (on Mac OS X and Windows) here for your convenience. Note: These instructions also work for the…
6 CommentsRecently, I started looking into Android development. What I found was that it was very easy to do Android application development and best of all, it is free (unlike Apple’s $99/year development fee). All you need is a computer, your Android phone, and a USB cable to connect the two.…
39 CommentsTo secure subversion, we just need to create a password file and configure apache to use it for subversion repository access. Open up the apache config file “C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf”. At the end, look for the subversion repository URL location and add the additional text below, starting with “AuthType”: <Location /repos> …
2 CommentsWith EasyEclipse and the PHP Debugger extension, you can debug and step through a PHP call. Installing the PHP Debugger (DBG) Extension Download the PHP Debugger (DBG); specifically the DBG 2.15.5 dbg modules for windows. Unzip the dbg modules to a temporary directory. Copy the relevant php extension file, currently…
1 CommentThe EasyEclipse distribution is a quick and easy packaging of Eclipse with plugins for different purposes. I recommend using EasyEclipse for PHP which comes with PHP edit mode and useful plugins like SubEclipse for subversion source control integration. Download and install the latest version of EasyEclipse for PHP. When you…
Leave a CommentSubversion is a simple and popular source control system. It has the option of running as part of the Apache server. We’ll examine how to quickly get subversion up and running with the Apache server which comes with XAMPP. Download the latest subversion windows archive. Look for a file named…
9 CommentsRather than installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP individually, XAMPP is an integrated development enironment that combines all three (and more) into one easy installation. Download XAMPP and install it into the default “c:\xampp” directory. Set apache and mysql to start as services. Start XAMPP and browse to “http://localhost/” and you…
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