Posted by brian.travis on February 2, 2011 at 3:28pm
Last updated by nicholsonma on Thu, 2012-05-10 22:08
Last updated by nicholsonma on Thu, 2012-05-10 22:08
This is a page to keep track of resources that are available for Drupal developers working in a Windows environment.
- Drupal 7: Drupal version 7 provides a database abstraction layer that makes is possible to use databases other than MySQL
- Internet Information Server: Microsoft's IIS now provides FastCGI support, PHP as an ISAPI extension, and support for URL-rewriting that makes it suited to hosting sites powered by PHP.
- SQL Server: Microsoft's SQL Server is an enterprise-class database that is now available as a free "Express" version. If you use the Express version, you can migrate to the more powerful enterprise-level versions. It is also possible to integrate the Express version with existing enterprise servers behind the firewall.
- WampServer: WampServer installs Apache, MySQL, PHP, and some helpful tools so you can run Drupal 7 using a "WAMP" stack.
- Visual Studio: If you are a developer working in a Windows environment, you probably already know about Microsoft's Visual Studio. There is a free versions that are available for web developers.
- Vs.PHP: This is an add-in for Visual Studio that provides breakpoint debugging for PHP while taking advantage of the Visual Studio development environment.
- PHP: PHP is the language in which Drupal is written. If you are developing modules for Drupal, you'll have to learn PHP.
- CodeLobster: A new, feature rich, PHP IDE on the scene with very good support for Drupal and Wordpress among other CMS and Frameworks. CodeLobster Review
- WebMatrix 2 Beta: A free web development tool from Microsoft with support for Drupal. Contains an IDE for PHP.