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I'd like to know the average OS for a web programmer
Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 2:36 pm
by gotDNS
What is your favorite OS for writing PHP, etc.
Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 3:14 pm
by mydimension
i do my development on a WinXP comp and then upload to a linux server
Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 3:19 pm
by pozytron
Mac OS X
Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 5:32 pm
by DSM
Develop using Win98,Apache 1.3, PHP4.01
Have tried to upgrade to Apache 2, and Php 4.2 but haven't had any luck getting either to work properly.
Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 9:07 pm
by sam
Redhat Linux 7.2 (downloading 7.3 as we speak). Vim editor/apache 1.3/php 4.2.0/Perl 5.6/mod_php/mod_perl/mod_ssl That is my testing environment. I telnet into it from windows XP (that is about all windows is good for).
Cheers Sam
Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 4:20 pm
by Johnm
SGI Irix 6.5, Apache 1.3.17, PHP 4.04.
No luck so far getting Apache2 and PHP4.2 to work together.
Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 9:16 pm
by lc
Horrid as it may sound I do my webdesign/php on a WinME laptop with apache/php installed. works fine though.
Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 9:55 pm
by EvilWalrus
Everything here is done on WinXP Pro. and up'd to a FreeBSD server...

Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 3:48 am
by groovemaneuver
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$current_server = "FreeBSD w/ Apache + PHP + MySQL";
$current_workstation = "Dual Athlon MP 1.2 GHz w/ Win2K";
$programmer_needsї] = {"Dreamweaver", "Fireworks", "Flash", "Photoshop", "Illustrator"};
$programmer_wants = "Decked-out Dual G4 1GHz Mac";
while ($job == "current") {
$budget = null;
$workstation != "Mac";
}
if ($app_support != "Linux" && $price_for_mac > $price_for_pc) {
$programmer = "Windows Slave";
}
Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 2:32 am
by FlasherJau
Well,
server runs FreeBSD (UNIX)
PIII 866 Win98
Latest purchase P4 1.6gig WinXP
I use Dreamweaver, Fireworks & Flash 5. I do use Paintshop
occassionally, can't justify buying Photoshop, for what I would
use it for.
Still revert back to notepad when I want to make changes
on the fly.
Just started getting into PHP and I luv it
Cheers
FlasherJau
My setup
Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 6:14 am
by leenoble_uk
Mac OSX introduced me to PHP, it came pre-installed on the client version all you have to do is uncomment 2 lines from the httpd.conf file to get it running.
MySQL was a simple GUI installer too. It really was a no-brainer to get going. I have all my usual tools, like dreamweaver, fireworks, flash, photoshop etc all to hand on the same machine which is running a a development webserver. I have the same setup on my laptop so there is nothing I can't do on the road that I usually get done at work.
New PHP binaries come courtesy of Entropy.ch.
Now every project no matter how small that comes up I can think of a way of making it zero maintenance using PHP, so we can spend less time doing repetitive work in HTML but still charge for the time. It's a godsend.
On top of all that I can run GIMP under X11 and a PC environment for browser compatibility checking and I haven't rebooted for months.
Never mind both worlds, I got em all.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 9:58 am
by MattF
I just use Windows ME with PHPCoder or Metapad and upload to a Linux server using WS_FTP, simple. On some occaisions I use Foxserv to test scripts offline.
reply
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 12:23 am
by Benjamin
I use Windows XP running IIS, PHP, MYSQL, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, and notepad...
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 5:29 am
by ILoveJackDaniels
I use a Win2kPro PC with Notepad+, EditPlus2, XaraX and Flash for designing, and a Linux box w/ Apache for hosting...
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 11:24 pm
by jmaker
I liked your reply Groove....creative.
I have a Win2K box with Apache2/PHP4.1.2/MySQL to play around with. I have Metapad installed on my box too, but now I use PHP Master Editor or the Zend Studio for coding. Now I couldn't go back to a noncolor code editor. It's just too hard to read.