Work flow and software?

[piper338]

Hi guys,  I just wanted to get some opinions on what would be the best work flow for website creating with php & mysql.  It seems like my current way of doing things is very inefficient, I currently use dreamweaver and usually just copy and paste to my Cpanel for some reason I don't like the FTP stuff with dreamweaver.

I also watch one of the tutorials looks like .net was being used in it?  I think I am looking for the best way to edit locally and upload everything after I am done.  I have used WAMP in the past, but it didn't last long.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Chad C.

[Tom]

If you dont like the FTP feature built into Dreamweaver the next best thing is getting an FTP client and just uploading files saved locally, as you said. (At least in my opinion)

Oh and - Nabeel was using Microsoft Visual Studio.

[Nabeel]

There's a few IDEs you can use.

If you're looking for something for free, Netbeans is great. There's an add-in which connects to FTP. Its code completion and and syntax checking/highlighting are good too.

I prefer using Visual Studio with the PHP plugin, but it's payware.

http://jcxsoftware.com/

It's not too expensive, but works perfect for me, since I can just scp/ssh into my server and work (I don't use FTP), which makes it quick. I don't need to worry about uploading, I just save it and poof, it's live. For design and stuff, I do it mostly by hand also, in this same editor. The add-in is all inclusive. I've tried Netbeans and Zend, but I just prefer how the VS editor just works (little things). I'm also used to it since I've been using it for years.