Quickstart 0.5 beta released
Hello,
I just created a torrent for Quickstart 0.5. New in this version:
- New features:
- New Drupal: Aegir!
- See ~/quickstart/aegir-install-0.4a7.sh.
- Not installed by default, pending beta release...
- New tools: git bazarr
- New IDE: eclipse (thanks DrUbuntu for inspiration and ppa)
- New PHP: imap, uploadprogress
- New Apache: ssl and solr on by default
- General cleanup
- Downgrade php5.3 to 5.2 for Aegir and Drupal messages
How-to handbooks for installing Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT) version 3.5.2
I wrote two how-to handbooks for absolute beginners.
How to install Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT) version 3.5.2.
- For Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition http://drupal.org/node/765124
- For Windows XP http://drupal.org/node/765120
Enjoy
Read moreRun Drush commands in Eclipse IDE
Eclipse has a built-in feature that can save and run Drush commands for projects easily. It's just like running the shell command. The feature in Eclipse is known as the "External Tools" feature.

- Click the following menu: Run > External Tools > External Tools Configurations...
- Under "Program", click "New Launch Configuration"
- Name: Anything
- Location: point to the drush software (for example, /home/drupal/drush/drush)
- Arguments (Mac):
-i /home/drupal/drush/drush/includes -v -r /Users/you/Sites/DEVELOPMENT/DRUPAL/drupal.development cache clear - Click "Apply", then "Run".
- Repeat the command by clicking the "External Tools" icon (pictured below). I setup a favorite for clearing a site cache, and getting status of a site.
Drupal plug-in for Eclipse IDE by XTND.US
As some of you may already know, XTND.US provides mostly-free Drupal related software, like Drupal & jQuery extensions for Adobe Dreamweaver, and a Drupal Theme Starter app that runs on Mac/Windows/Linux desktops.
XTND.US announces an unnamed Drupal plug-in for Eclipse. With DrupalCon San Francisco 2010 coming up it would be great to see other Eclipse users together during a community BoF. The pre-release is available by adding the following software site to your Eclipse (PDT required).
Open Eclipse and choose the Help menu, then Install New Software. Click the Add button or link and add this new software site to download the Drupal plugin:
Name: XTND.US
Location: http://xtnd.us/downloads/eclipseOr install from the Eclipse IDE Marketplace - http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/drupal-eclipse-pdt/

Drupal Dev Environment Virtual Machine. Install notes and scripts.
Hi,
Imagine being able to teach someone to review/create patches, without having to teach them to setup a LAMP development environment.
Imagine windows and mac users, friends, learning together to do (blank) with a virtual machine development environment.
I created a virtualbox Drupal development image. I wanted a simple platform to collaborate with several others on for a project. I thought others might benefit from the work.
Features include:
- Slim lightweight image (OS+tools are under 1gig)
- LAMP with APC
- Netbeans and Eclipse with debugging
Time to upgrade: Eclipse PDT 2.1 based on Galileo is out
Eclipse PDT 2.1 is based on Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo release). That release also includes Mylyn, a tool that helps you organize the to do list in conjunction with the bug reports in Trac and other bug tracking tools. I've never tried it before, but it sounds very interesting.
New all-in-one packages now include one for 64bit Linux and one for Mac OS X Cocoa.
With a new version comes also the question of upgrading. This post intends to share one potential way to do the upgrade.
Read moreDrupal Development (in a "to go" box)
session proposal at drupalcon for a pre-built development environment. free. open source. with php debugging. works on MAC, Windows, linux, and solaris.
I'm planning to give the talk at DrupalCamp San Diego, and it has been accepted as talk at SCaLE 7x. It should be pretty polished by the time march rolls around. if you're interested, please check it out and vote: DrupalCon 2009 - Drupal Development in a "to go" box.
It's based on
Read moreDrupal plugin for eclipse
Hi
I'm in the process of creating Eclipse module which will simplify drupal module creation.
For now it providing a wizard where you can choose module name, description and some hooks that needs to be implemented in this module.
I will provide it in a week or so.
If you're using eclipse for drupal development, fell free to post your wishes and feature requests.
Thanks
P.S.: if such eclipse plugin already exists, let me know.
Read moreGetting XDebug and Eclipse to play together nicely
Following the discussion at last Wednesday's meetup, I posted some detailed "how-to" instructions on how to set up XDebug, MAMP, and Eclipse w/ PDT here:
http://labs.echoditto.com/drupal-xdebug-pdt-eclipse
A lot of these instructions should apply to Windows users and non-MAMP users as well, the only real difference should be where the xdebug.so file comes from and where it lives. Look forward to feedback, more to come (probably a quick screencast of PDT/XDebug tricks to start with).
Cheers,
Ethan
Read moreEclipse Plugin
Create eclipse plugin that will
* Create and edit new modules by editing underlying module info file
* Wizard to create hook methods complete with parameters. Hides method naming scheme, instead asks user how wide of a scope they are intending for their method




