Aeikus Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I'm curious to know what operating system most PHP developers use and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TemperingPick Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I use Windows. It's just easier for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted August 28, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted August 28, 2010 I would assume most use Windows purely because Windows is the most popular OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hendrick Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Yea, I mean, PHP installs just fine on any OS. The only other thing you need is a text editor, and there are many programs across each OS that can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aeikus Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 I would assume most use Windows purely because Windows is the most popular OS. Yeah, I would assume the same. What raised me to ask this question was that I was in Books-a-Million last night and was looking at all the Linux magazines and noticed all of them had articles about PHP. One of them (which I purchased) even included a small PHP handbook and DVD with PHP tutorials on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 28, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2010 I imagine most people develop on windows and put thier production code on a linux server. a popular combination is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). I think windows has better text editors though, which I guess could be another reason for windows being used more to develop on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 giantsnyy Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I use Mac OS, with BBEdit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Baines Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I use Windows 7 for localhost development. My webserver is Linux though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Simon Veteran Posted August 29, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2010 I use Mac OS X. Coda is unparalleled, in my opinion - I wouldn't be able to switch to Windows simply because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jerry Grey Member Posted August 29, 2010 Member Share Posted August 29, 2010 For me I use Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RoomKid Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I'm on Windows, not too sure about OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted August 29, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted August 29, 2010 I host my production platform on Linux I host my testing platform on Linux I host my development platform on Linux I run my development apps within Windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I use Mac OS X, with TextMate - best editor ever! My Production server runs Debian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hakem Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I imagine most people develop on windows and put thier production code on a linux server. a popular combination is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). I think windows has better text editors though, which I guess could be another reason for windows being used more to develop on. I use Windows 7 for localhost development. My webserver is Linux though. The same :D and I use aptana to edit the files remotely. I think it's the fastest way? :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Justin- Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 At work, Windows 7 for editing, Linux for testing and for live. At home I use Windows 7 or Mac OS for both and Linux for live. Android isn't too bad for those quick fixes either. :) I've done several quick fixes in less than 90 seconds on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mouldy Punk Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Windows for developing - simply because it's my main OS. Debian local server for testing CentOS production server for most stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Calculator Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Programming on Windows with Notepad++, testing on Windows with XAMPP and publishing on whatever platform I have to work with. Note: amateur programmer, just doing this next to my studies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hjf288 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 OS X, Coda and Debian Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +virtorio MVC Posted August 29, 2010 MVC Share Posted August 29, 2010 Presently, OS X, MAMP, and Eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 venomz3 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I use WAMP in windows 7 for my php development and testing. I`ve been using pspad editing files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted August 29, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2010 A friend of mine (a php developer) uses windows I use MAC (mainly because i do most of my developing on the go and I have a MacBook rather than a windows notebook) However, i know mostly people that use Windows for their development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Glen Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I use XAMPP on Win 7 (locally) and NetBeans for editing. My host service provider is Linux where I have a development environment for final testing and my production environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vhane Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I prefer a Unix environment for LAMP work. I find that there's less friction, and I'm more productive if I have access to the command line. It's often convenient to prototype stuff as small command line apps. I can then play with the output - page through it, grep through it, log it, mail it etc. I also like being able to take my preferred environment with me anywhere. My dotfiles are just a checkout away. I'm happiest when using tmux and Vim under OS X. I'm running Ubuntu Server on VMWare Fusion as my dev environment. I share my OS X home directory with the VM. I like this setup because: It's trivial to get a LAMP server up and running on Ubuntu Server. Project files and source code live on OS X and I have direct access to them. Server processes run only when the VM is running. I can keep a relatively "clean" OS X install. I can experiment with different configurations without worrying about trashing my OS X install. The VM allows me to take snapshots before I do a configuration change. If I screw up, I can always rollback to a known working configuration. I don't need to set up everything from scratch whenever I upgrade OS X or when I get a new Mac. I can just do a Time Machine restore and be up and running in no time. I won't lose my configured dev environment. It's portable. I can copy the VM to a different VMWare install. I'm running Debian and FreeBSD on production servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kudos Veteran Posted August 30, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 30, 2010 I use Mac OS X. Coda is unparalleled, in my opinion - I wouldn't be able to switch to Windows simply because of it. I'm actually kind of ****ed off with the lack of functionality in the text editor itself and the SSH client doesn't work great either. I still write most of my code in it as it's great for managing what you're working on. I use the built-in SSH client for very minor command-line work. I do a lot more work in Terminal and vim than I used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted August 30, 2010 Global Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2010 I imagine most people develop on windows and put thier production code on a linux server. a popular combination is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). I think windows has better text editors though, which I guess could be another reason for windows being used more to develop on. or even WINAMP Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP Okay, I just made that up :p I use Windows :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brian M. Veteran Posted August 30, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 30, 2010 I use Mac OS X, with TextMate - best editor ever! My Production server runs Debian. Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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