Drupal development "stack" examples

I run a Xen dom0 at home with domU guests - I'm not a themer and my interest is in build/deployment stuff, so I am often spinning up and destroying servers on whim.

I use Debian GNU/Linux pretty much exclusively. I use git to store/deploy my code, using one of my servers as a 'primary' git server from which I clone to other locations (including remote servers for production, which run on Linodes (which are, again, Xen virtual servers with Debian as the OS)

The Xen guests run Apache / MySQL. Sometimes Xcache/e-accelerator for optimisations. Sometimes keepalived / heartbeat / drbd when I'm in 'high-availability' moods or have the need :)

I backup my live sites automatically via rsync/rsnapshots, mysqldump backup scripts, backup my git repos, etc. All this stuff runs on crons so is automated and is sent offsite (whether that be back to home servers or from home > remote). Happy to share scripts if interested.

I'm not a themer etc, I'm a sysadmin by trade so I don't use many debug tools that aren't available via CLI. I code in vim or Geany if I feel inclined to use the GUI. I use scp/rsync for transferring everything - no FTP on my watch :) I do use the Firefox Web Developer plugin though sometimes. Sometimes I use fuse/sshfs for remote mounts of dirs etc.

Looking at how to automate backups / restores using the options available in Aegir/drush, at least for the purposes of disaster recovery. But yeah, that's my bag :)

our initial client contact and communication is all done in outlook. we use one note for note taking on this process. quoting is done in word 2007 using templates. project budgets are managed in excel. We use live mesh to synch all these files across the net. The client site is then setup from hosting in whm and cpanel right through to drupal install following checklists managed in one note.
We use Cute FTP as FTP application
CSS and HTML Coding is managed using dreamweaver for its good coding interface - not for site building
We use dom inspector for on the fly CSS viewing
We use winrar for untarring drupal app and modules - and then manage all our sites module isntallations and version management in a combination of one note and excel. The app versions and module folders themselves are all synchronised in live mesh folders.
We manage our theme version development in one note for notes on what is happening and fixes required etc and the version folders them selves are synched using live mesh.
live writer and live photo gallery are used extensively in content management and editing.

my main dev machine is a quad core extreme with 8gb RAM and 3 TB of hard drives plus 2 150GB 10,000RPM raptors as system drives. I am running 3 9800GT video cards and there are 4 22" screens and 2 19" screens running off it.
I typically have outlook on one, cuteftp on another, messaging windows for chatting with staff on another, browser on another, windows explorer on another and then virtual machines running with other browsers and os - eg XP with ie 6 or 7 for checking compatibility

I also have a PC Pentium 4 CPU 3GHz
1GB RAM
80GB HD
Ubuntu 9.04 basic LAMP server setup
I use this for backing up live sites and for developing new sites.

I have a basic flexihosting site for seeing what can be done on a low cost host

I test my drupal sites in Chrome, Firefox and IE.

I have Firebug and Web Developer add-ons in Firefox.

I'm currently entering the world of module development and looked here http://drupal.org/node/147789
Down in the IDE section I found that there is a plugin for Netbeans https://nbdrupalsupport.dev.java.net/ so I'm trying that out.
I'm running that on a Dell D630 laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 desktop version
The Drupal plugin for Netbeans has great documentation. I've followed it to the point of setting up Apache2, PHP and mysql on the Dell and set up a new Drupal 6 website. I haven't got to using the plugin yet. If it is useful I'll use this setup for working on module development.

The laptop is dual boot, it also runs XP Pro I don't live in a completely open source world.

My primary dev environment is my ubuntu laptop - Core 2 Duo T9300 4G RAM 250G HDD, 1920x1200 15.4" LCD (24" LCD connected to my docking station) with a stock ubuntu LAMP stack. Apache's VirtualDocumentRoot directive makes it very easy for adding vhosts to my development environment on my laptop.

My IRC and IM clients run most of the time my laptop is on. This helps me keep in touch with clients and developers - with added bonus of being able to tweet/dent too.

I use the command line for a lot of stuff. For the last 12 months I have been using Zend Studio / Eclipse as my editor of choice. vim is great for quick jobs for more complex projects ZS works for me.

Productions sites are deployed from private svn repos or via sftp.

I find mysql query browser (with ssh tunnels) is better than phpmyadmin, and it is means there is one less package on the server to keep up to date.

I use firefox with the webdev and firebug extensions as my primary test browser, but have IE6/7/8, Chromium, Safari and Opera available for intermittent and final checking.

All of my image work is done in The GIMP and Inkscape

Hosting is primarily multi sites on slicehost. I do have a very large aegir managed deployment. I am also in the process of trying to mix ubuntu, eucalyptus, puppet, aegir and drupal for a easily scalable deployment environment.

I am increasingly using install profiles for managing basic deployment tasks. The features module is high on my must play with list.

My largest client now uses open atrium as their intranet solution, and all of their drupal related issue are tracked too. I will soon be using a private atrium instance for my clients too.

In terms of testing and playing with things, I use a mix of slicehose VMs and local KVM based VMs. Eucalyptus should make it easier to throw up a test environment too. I currently have about 16 cores with ~40G of RAM, running in my garage for various development/test tasks.

Let me know if you need more info.

Windows:
WAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPmyAdmin)
Putty (accessing remote servers)
Cygwin (applying patches locally)
Directory Opus (http://www.gpsoft.com/ Words can't describe how much better than Windows Explorer this is)
FTP (see Directory Opus)
XChat (IRC)
Browsers (Firefox, Safari, IE Collection (http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm))
PSPad (desktop code editor)
TopStyle Pro (rarely used nowdays thanks to firebug)
Photoshop
Balsamiq Desktop (http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop Wireframing AIR App)

OS X
Terminal (replaces Putty and Cygwin)
PathFinder (In lieu of Directory Opus http://www.cocoatech.com/ Finder on Steroids)
ExpanDrive (Access and edit SFTP(SSH), FTP/FTPS, and Amazon S3 as a drive in finder)
Billings 3 (http://www.billingsapp.com/ invoicing and time keeping)
Skitch and Little Snapper (Screenshots)
Photoshop
Browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chromium)
Komodo or TextMate (desktop code editors)
Balsamiq Desktop (http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop Wireframing AIR App)

Firefox extensions:
* 1Password (OS X Only)
* Adblock Plus 1.1
* BetterPrivacy 1.29
* bit.ly preview 1.264
* ColorZilla 2.0.2
* CSS Usage 0.0.5
* Delicious Bookmarks 2.1.062
* Download Statusbar 0.9.6.5
* DownThemAll! 1.1.4
* Evernote Web Clipper 3.0.0.51093
* Firebug 1.4.2
* Firefinder for Firebug 0.91
* FirePHP 0.3.1
* FireRainbow 1.0
* FireShot 0.77 (getting screenshots PC only)
* Font Finder 0.5d
* Greasemonkey 0.8.20090123.1
* IE View Lite 1.3.4 (PC Only)
* JSView 2.0.5
* MeasureIt 0.3.9
* MR Tech Toolkit 6.0.3.4
* PDF Download 2.2.0.2
* Prism for Firefox 1.0b2
* QuickJava 0.4.2.1
* Safari View (OS X Only)
* Stylish 1.0.5
* Tab Mix Lite CE 3.0.4
* tr.im 1.0.3
* Tree Style Tab 0.8.2009073102

I've abandoned my old Guffnstuff account and started afresh as Matto.

Testing to see if this will now show up on my dashboard.