development environments

Submitted by benluke on Mon, 12/03/2007 at 6:35pm.

This will probably go down as the most boring blog on this site.

I am looking for recomendations on a development environment to make web applications. I know there is a lot of experience out there in the family so I thought I'd ask.

Here are some details to let you know what I'm looking for/ my experience level.

What is the best?

What is Free?

For my Phd I programmed in C++ in a linux environment, and would consider setting up a linux box at home if that is best. At work I now use Microsoft Visual Studio and write in C# to make Forms, but $500 is too much for now.

any comments about C# Java? Ruby? other? How was this site developed? (Not that my projects are anywhere near that ambitious)

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by Valorie - 4 years ago
Orange County United States

Member Since: Jan 2007
Member Points: 13594

Ben, I see there are 13 reads and no comments so I guess you have most of us stumped. Will try to steer those who would more understand what you are asking, to this blog. I am sure Geof will read it soon. The creater of TF is so busy creating he doesn't get on as much as the rest of us.

by geoff - 4 years ago
Fountain Valley, CA United States

Member Since: Jan 2007
Member Points: 11604

this site is built on LAMP (linux, apache, mySQL, and PHP). for those back-end server side questions, ask jay. He is your man. But php is incredibly flexible, with lots of resources on the web, and many people are steering that direction.

by benluke - 4 years ago
Evanston, IL United States

Member Since: Apr 2007
Member Points: 257

thanks goeff. I like that combo--all free. I haven't done any coding in PHP but it doesn't look too different from perl at first glance.

by Jay - 4 years ago
San Jose United States

Member Since: Nov 2006
Member Points: 4266

Yeah, I have a dev guide with instructions on the basic tools you need to get going with LAMP (WAMP if you're on a windows box which I am for dev purposes) .

Shoot me an email jay@chess.com and I'll get back to you with the dev guide. Most of it won't be helpful, but it should give you a feel for what you need. I love PHP. It's very powerful and widely used. Sites like facebook and others are built with mainly php. Chess.com is also built with php. :) And yes, free is a good option.

by Valorie - 4 years ago
Orange County United States

Member Since: Jan 2007
Member Points: 13594

Ok, Ben. How did I do? Best advice I could give.

by sarahseverson - 4 years ago
Evanston, IL United States

Member Since: Mar 2007
Member Points: 2440

good job valorie!! i just read this to ben (who is playing with eli in the same room) and he was excited to learn about all of this. thanks so much!

by benluke - 4 years ago
Evanston, IL United States

Member Since: Apr 2007
Member Points: 257

Thanks Jay and Valorie. I am interested in the development guide. I think I will start with WAMP.

by Franky - 4 years ago
Sherwood, OR United States

Member Since: Apr 2007
Member Points: 921

If you were all speaking Greek I wouldn't have understood you any more than I did reading all this.
Am amazed at all of this kind of stuff but just happy if I try to write a letter to be printed and don't lose it half way through. I'm really good at the Church extraction program though so maybe there is hope for me. Just wish I knew how to make a new address list for my G-mail.

by Blueidjode - 4 years ago
St. George, UT United States

Member Since: Jan 2007
Member Points: 7013

I tried to take a crack at it Ben but you lost me on the third paragraph. :-)