Technical Team – Getting Started – Setting Web Development Environment (Windows)

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Developers may select one of the two options: NetBeans or Aptana.

NetBeans

The developer would then create a project in NetBeans by clicking File -> New Project. Select PHP in Categories and PHP Application with Existing Sources in Projects. Click Next button.

netbeansnewproject

Select the directory containing the repository. Click Next button.

netbeansnewprojectlocation

Select the parameters as shown below. Notice that there is a red alert “No remote connection selected”. Click the Manage button to create an FTP connection to the development server.

netbeansconfiguration

Enter a name for the connection.

netbeansnewconnection

In the Manage Remote Connection window, enter the host name, port, NetID. Password, and Initial Directory as shown below. Click Test Connection. Click OK to close the window if the connection is successful; otherwise check the parameters. Click the Finish button on the NetBeans Step 3 (Run Configuration) to close the window.

netbeansmanageconnection

Uploading files is automatically done using the On Save setting in the previous step. To upload (a) file(s) if anything else was set, right click the file(s), select Upload.

netbeansuploadfiles

Aptana

Open Aptana. Select File->Import. Select Existing Folder as New Project. Click Next.

aptananewproject

In the Promote to Project window, select the folder containing the working copy, check the Project Type as shown in the figure. Leave the project name the default value, which is the name of the directory. Click Finish to close the window.

aptanapromoteproject

In Project Explorer, right click Connections, select Add New Connection

aptananewconnection

In Configuration Manager window, give a name to the connection. Click the New button to create an SFTP connection.

aptanamanageconnection

Once a connection is set up, to upload (a) file(s), right click the file(s) in the connection, select File Transfer->Upload

aptanauploadfiles