What do I need to hack?

[bchertov]

Hi there, Hackers,

I am about to start out doing several hacks on my on new vB and I'd like a bit of advice. I am an experience Visual Foxpro developer, but I know squat about any internet development.

1)I'm going to get a new laptop for this project. How important is screen real estate while developing? With Foxpro and .NET you need tons of space for all the panels. How about with PHP/HTML, etc?

2) How important is machine speed? Does it tax your system or is just a a fast internet connection that matters?

3)When you are developing a hack, is it done on your machine or the server? can you run a server on your machine? How do I do this (just point me in the right direction).

4)I am planning on running WindowsXP Pro on my machine which I am familiar with (actually, its Windows 2000 that I am familiar with). Should I switch to Linux, etc?

5) How would you suggest I come up to speed with this system? I need to learn HTML (I used it for a few weeks a few years ago), PHP, MySQL, vB archetecture, and?? What books would your reccomend, what approach (what first?), are there any classes,.... Help!

6) I noticed the list of tools and resources posted as a sticky thread someplace. Do you have any favorite tools either listed or not. Any advice???

7) and finally, slightly off topic, where's the spell checker in the Post dialog??

Thanks for your help!
Barry

[SaN-DeeP]

I am an experience Visual Foxpro developer

If you posted those above questions ??

[miz]

few things :

do you mean you want to builld mods ? or just install on your forums mods thato ther guys posted here ?

btw
you dont have to use linux , vb working on any server with php/mysql

if you want to make a server on your pc you can find tutrials about it in tips forum here on vb.org

[deathemperor]

Originally Posted by bchertov

Hi there, Hackers,

I am about to start out doing several hacks on my on new vB and I'd like a bit of advice. I am an experience Visual Foxpro developer, but I know squat about any internet development.

1)I'm going to get a new laptop for this project. How important is screen real estate while developing? With Foxpro and .NET you need tons of space for all the panels. How about with PHP/HTML, etc?

2) How important is machine speed? Does it tax your system or is just a a fast internet connection that matters?

3)When you are developing a hack, is it done on your machine or the server? can you run a server on your machine? How do I do this (just point me in the right direction).

4)I am planning on running WindowsXP Pro on my machine which I am familiar with (actually, its Windows 2000 that I am familiar with). Should I switch to Linux, etc?

5) How would you suggest I come up to speed with this system? I need to learn HTML (I used it for a few weeks a few years ago), PHP, MySQL, vB archetecture, and?? What books would your reccomend, what approach (what first?), are there any classes,.... Help!

6) I noticed the list of tools and resources posted as a sticky thread someplace. Do you have any favorite tools either listed or not. Any advice???

7) and finally, slightly off topic, where's the spell checker in the Post dialog??

Thanks for your help!
Barry

1) 1GB is too big for code, I've 10GB+ of Ebook but couldn't reach 1GB of PHP, HTML,...code not jus yet, so that's it.

2) the 3rd will answer this, I need a fast PC since I sometimes want to listen to something while coding (err, I listen to rock -.-'). Fast connection is useful beside.

3) a-you can read this:https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=39482
b-http://www.appservnetwork.com/ this link provides you a tool for creating a 'virtual' server on your own PC, you can refer the docs for more details on installing and using it.

4) PHP is platform independent so I don't care about that, WinXP pro is perfect.

5) too much to answer, I ONLY know PHP by php.net, in there you can search for every functions you see but you don't know what it does or wanna find one for something.

6) I use DreamWeaver as my favourite one but they said that it's sometimes problematic so you can try CrimsonEditor.com, I've used this, a good one though.

7) hmm, Vb3 doesn't have a spell checker....you need to hack it yourself ^^. well if I am right there's a hack call spellchecker.

for more info how to make custom hacks you can check this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=20 , it has plenty of useful tips for novice.


Hope this helps you as it did on me.

Cheers.

[bchertov]

Thanks for the feedback so far:
Here's what i got:

1)I'm going to get a new laptop for this project. How important is SCREEN REAL ESTATE while developing? With Foxpro and .NET you need tons of space for all the panels. How about with PHP/HTML, etc? AWAITING FEEDBACK

2) How important is machine speed? Does it tax your system or is just a a fast internet connection that matters? ANSWERED! THANKS

3)When you are developing a hack, is it done on your machine or the server? can you run a server on your machine? How do I do this (just point me in the right direction). ANSWERED! THANKS

4)I am planning on running WindowsXP Pro on my machine which I am familiar with (actually, its Windows 2000 that I am familiar with). Should I switch to Linux, etc? ANSWERED! THANKS

5) How would you suggest I come up to speed with this system? I need to learn HTML (I used it for a few weeks a few years ago), PHP, MySQL, vB archetecture, and?? What books would your reccomend, what approach (what first?), are there any classes,.... Help!ANY FUTHER SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!

6) I noticed the list of tools and resources posted as a sticky thread someplace. Do you have any favorite tools either listed or not. Any advice???!ANY FUTHER SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!


7) and finally, slightly off topic, where's the spell checker in the Post dialog?? ANSWERED! THANKS

Thanks for the feeback so far. I am so thankful that this forum/resource exists! I hope to be able to give back to it soon!

Barry

[miz]

6. all you need is good php editor (if you want free 1 ill recommand crismon editor , paid 1 - defently Zend) and phpmyadmin prolly thr best tool to handle mysql (www.phpmyadmin.net)
and you can start there

5. you can buy some books if you, or if you want for start, download some mini hacks, read them any function you see, search it on php.net learn how its works, also you have free tutrials on net you can do search on google for start

php code is readable and easy and if you allready a coder on other apps its wont problem for you to learn php

wish you luck

MiZ.

[tubedogg]

If you are looking for a good code editor, there are two I recommend.

First is EditPlus...it's not the prettiest thing ever but it does the job, and it has lots of advanced features if you need them, plus the basics like syntax highlighting etc. It's not free ($25 I think?) but it's worth it.

The other is PHP Designer 2005 which is more of an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). It's pretty nifty, and it has great syntax highlighting options, FTP support, and lots more. One thing I really like is if you type in a function name plus the first parantheses, if it's a built-in PHP function it will show you the various parameters in a tooltip, like Visual Studio does for its' various languages. It's more of a "pretty" windows app and therefore is a little slower than the no-frills EditPlus. The one thing I wish it would do that EditPlus does is searching across multiple files. Hopefully in a future version. This one is free.

As far as a computer, you do *not* need a powerful computer for development. The only things you'll really be doing is using a text editor, some web browser windows/tabs, and a media player if you like to listen to music while coding. It's not at all taxing on a system. A fast internet connection isn't needed either, since you're developing on your local machine. The only time the connection matters is when you're uploading stuff to your web server -- but you can do everything on your local box that you can on your server basically, so that will only happen when you're ready to publish to the web.

Screen real estate...it depends. PHP Designer 2005 is very much like Visual Studio with all the panels and stuff. EditPlus is not, and most of what is there can be turned off for most of the time. I personally develop with two screens, EditPlus on one (a 15" I believe) and my web browser on the other (a 21").