Eclipse simplifies the process of deploying your site to a web server. You can even use Ant, traditionally thought of as a Java tool, to help you in the deployment. This article, the second of two parts, explains how. It is excerpted from PHPEclipse: A User Guide, written by Shu-Wai Chow (Packt Publishing, 2006; ISBN: 1904811442).
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This book is organized to get you quickly up and running with Eclipse for PHP development. The beginning chapters cover the basics of Eclipse, and then we move on to writing PHP code in Eclipse. From there, we move to more advanced features that are helpful, but not essential for PHP development, like source-code control and database querying.
Chapter 1 covers Eclipse's history and its architecture, and introduces PHPEclipse.
In Chapter 2, we install the necessary core software for developing applications in PHPEclipse—Apache, PHP, Java, Eclipse, and PHPEclipse.
Chapter 3 explains the feature of the Eclipse interface and how to customize it.
Chapter 4 is where we start writing PHP code. We will go through creating a project and examine in depth the features available in PHPEclipse for PHP development.
In Chapter 5, we debug our application. We will explain debugging terms and concepts, and how Eclipse debugs. This chapter covers the installation and setting up of the DBG debugger.
In Chapter 6, we set up the Quantum DB plug-in and learn how to use it to manipulate databases. We will also install a JDBC driver and connect to it using the Quantum DB plug-in.
In Chapter 7, we explore the CVS integration of Eclipse. We will show how to manage and store a project completely in CVS as well as explain general CVS and versioning concepts.
Finally, in Chapter 8, we publish our website to a web server. We will use Eclipse's Update Manager to add an FTP client functionality.
Where to buy this book
You can buy PHPEclipse: A User Guide from the Packt Publishing website: http://www.packtpub.com/phpeclipse/book.
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Alternatively, you can buy the book from Amazon, BN.com, Computer Manuals and most internet book retailers.
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