Category Archives: Development Tools

Changing WampServer’s Menu Language

Posted on December 15, 2012 by daleV

I’ve been using WampServer now for years, yes years.  My how time flies.  When I first started, I compared it to XAMPP and decided the WampServer taskbar menu system was ideal for creating web sites compared to the clunky XAMPP … Continue reading →

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Announcing NewChk2.0 – a Free PHP Variable Checker

Posted on November 23, 2012 by daleV

Announcing the release of NewChk 2.0.  NewChk is a PHP class that analyzes all PHP variables, and then outputs the results in an aesthetically pleasing manner in your browser window.  This release was necessitated by new releases in PHP, and … Continue reading →

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Mulitple Virtual Hosts in WampServer

Posted on October 29, 2012 by daleV

 Many PHP developers working on web sites use a local server on their PC to develop web sites.  This involves installing a LAMP stack, or integrated Apache, PHP, phpMyAdmin, and MySQL.  Each of these pieces can be loaded independently, but … Continue reading →

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NetBeans 7.1 Review

Posted on January 21, 2012 by daleV

One of outcomes of switching jobs is you lose some of your favorite tools.  For me that was Zend Studio.  Having done PHP development full time for many years, Zend Studio had become my IDE of choice. Since Zend Studio … Continue reading →

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Changing Eclipse Syntax Colors

Posted on December 7, 2011 by daleV

The Eclipse IDE, as we all know, is like a huge battleship. It’s loaded with functionality. Its got a crazy amount of plugins you can load to increase its size, and configure, ugh. It’s ancient in some ways, while trying … Continue reading →

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