Posted by MBR on October 3, 2011 at 5:09am
Start:
2011-10-06 18:45 - 21:00 America/New_York Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
The Drupal Self-Help Group will meet again on Thursday, October 6, 2011.
We'll share our questions and help one another figure out our problems.
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Location:
Robbins Library (Click here for a map)
700 Mass. Av., Arlington
In the Conference Room, upstairs. - Dates: Alternate Thursdays
- Time: 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM
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Public Transit:
Take the Red Line to Harvard Square Station.
Transfer to the 77 bus to Arlington Center (Mass. Ave. and Pleasant St.).
Robbins Library is on Mass. Ave. 1/2 block past Pleasant St. -
Driving Directions:
Take Route 2 to Route 60/Pleasant St. (exit 59).
Turn onto Pleasant St. toward Arlington.
Go one mile to Mass. Ave.
Turn left onto Mass. Ave.
Go half a block. Library is on the left. -
Parking options:
Comments
Drupal on Eclipse
I wonder how I can easily put some or all Drupal files into Eclipse PDT. At this point, I just edit php, info, css, etc. using Eclipse as a nice editor.
NobuT
Eclipse PDT for Drupal Development
Hi Nick,
Check out these links:
Drupal Eclipse plugin from XTND.US: http://groups.drupal.org/node/39938
Drupal Plugin Configuration steps: http://drupal.org/node/75242
These resources have some details about how to configure Eclipse for Drupal development. If you create a new project and select the option to use an existing folder rather than create a new one in the workspace then you can just point it to your existing Drupal installation.
Source Control: You can use source control features right in the Eclipse UI as well... see these Eclipse projects:
Subversive: http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/ [for Subversion]
Subclipse: http://subclipse.tigris.org/ [for Subversion]
EGit: eclipse.org/egit/ [for Git]
I started using Eclipse again recently for Drupal development and I'm having a good time with it. It's come a long way in recent years and has a lot to offer once you dig in and learn how to configure it.
Enjoy!
~ Kevin
Looks promising
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for the info. I will try the plugin. Integration of Subversion is also a plus, as I use it in-house.
NobuT
Thanks!
Followed your instruction, and it worked the way I want! Thank you!!!
NobuT
Some people like Eclipse, however...
the instructor I had at Acquia recommended Netbeans. I have Ubuntu loaded so it was very easy to go to the Ubuntu Software Center task and load Netbeans. It is fairly large so it takes a while. The criticism of Eclipse was that the features were very good but "not mature", meaning buggie.
You can also get context sensitive highlighting in color if you use Notepad++. You can find it at: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.3.html
It is a lot smaller than Netbeans.
I hope that helps.
-John Bottoms
Concord, MA
Might be good, but...
Thanks, John. Because I am simply familiar with Eclipse through other projects, I simply chose it. Netbeans might be better, but it's a hassle to learn a new IDE, also I need to use Eclipse anyways for other projects, I'll stick with it for now.
As for the editor, Notepad++ is for Windows, and I'm using Mac (although I use Windows as well).
NobuT
Netbeans is considered mature???!!
In other contexts, I would have presumed irony comparing Netbeans to Eclipse as the more mature and less buggy platform. But the more salient issue is which environment better fits how you work (or is supported by those with whom you work). It may also be true that Drupal-specific (or even PHP-specific) support is less-developed on the Eclipse side.
For general editing on the Windows side, outside of an IDE, I second Notepad++, although the RegEx support on TextPad, coupled with the ability to work with incredibly huge files (e.g., db dumps) makes it my favorite quick and dirty code editor. A third choice that some here use is the free ActiveState editor, Komodo.