[Ldsoss] PHP remote development environment

[Bryan Murdock]

On 5/1/07, Mary Shaw <marybeshaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tom,
> You might like to do your development/testing online in a separate
> directory (or virtual host, if you can).  This is mostly for after you've
> released something that is being used.  It's a safer way to develop - you
> won't have to worry what you "break" when you save a file that might contain
> a syntax error.  Then, get into the habit of copying data into the "live"
> directory from your development/testing area(s), or use CVS for revision
> control.
>

I would say _and_ use CVS, not _or_.  If you aren't using revision control
already, you really should, you'll love it.

Actually, I wouldn't say use CVS, I'd say use SVN (Subversion), or even
better, one of the new distributed revision control systems.  Bazaar (bzr)
works best on windoze right now, I think.  They are a lot easier to get up
and running with.  An example with bzr (it's a command-line thing only right
now)

cd c:\path\to\project
bzr init
bzr add
bzr commit -m "initial import"

Now you are ready to make changes to your code.  bzr diff will show you what
you've changed.  bzr commit will commit the changes to the revision
history.  If you really mess up, you can go back and get previous revisions.

Bryan
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