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: What resources are available to get an experienced .net developer up and running quickly with Wordpress/PHP development? Specifically, what are the preferred development tools (free?) Are there

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Specifically,


what are the preferred development tools (free?)
Are there any good tutorial sites that are up-to-date with the latest version of Wordpress
Has anyone ever done Wordpress/PHP development using Visual Studio? Is that even possible?


I am aware of the API documentation on the wordpress site; however it all assumes that the development environment is already set up. I don't even have PHP on my local machine, and have never done any PHP development.

I know that the coding can all be done in Notepad and then uploaded to the server; I was hoping for some substantive advice from someone else who has actually made the jump from .Net to PHP about what tools and tutorials are available to help make the jump.

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@Steve110

If you are looking to get a PHP environment locally, take a look at: XAMPP for Windows. That will give you Apache/MySQL/PHP, sort of a WebApp Holy Trinity: you will be hard pressed to do any one without the others.

Code it locally, I cannot imagine the pain of a development cycle involving an "upload to server" step. It is cross platform enough that you will be able to develop in Windows but host on Unix. You could host it using the same technologies for Windows too, but don't tell anyone I said that.

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@Pierce454

As far as development environments go, Smashing Magazine has a great lineup of widely-used PHP IDEs that compare their major features. In Windows, I've used both Notepad++ and Aptana. Aptana had more features and worked pretty well, but it had a bit of a learning curve (which could be a plus or a minus depending on how patient you are) and Notepad++ was a bit too lightweight for me to consider it a legitimate PHP IDE.

As for documentation, artlung is absolutely right about the online docs for both Wordpress and PHP. It's the first and last place I always go.

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@Dunderdale272

All the documentation for both WordPress and PHP development are online.


WordPress Codex
PHP.net Manual


If you're an experienced programmer run through the PHP Tutorials and basic WordPress theming and plugin development and that should get you a long way along.

You might also check these SO questions: What is the best PHP programming book? and Common programming mistakes for PHP developers to avoid?

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