Doing development within Joomla....
Posted: March 1st, 2018, 10:54 am
Hi,
I need to do some custom work in the Hikashop (https://www.hikashop.com) plugin.
Ultimately this will be a fresh install of Joomla with this component installed running on a Linux server in the cloud.
I am looking for suggestions for the best way to use PHP Tools in this scenario.
1) Do I setup a Windows LAMP install or do I access the Linux installation directly? Or should I create a local Linux VM with the same J! install and then "easily" publish to the remote machine? Does the publish mechanism detect changed files? Ideally I only want to sync any files from a) or b) below and not touch anything else in the Joomla install folder.
2) How should I configure my project in PHP Tools. Conceptually I will be:
a) Editing an existing php file(s) within the HikaShop plugin
b) Adding some extra PHP, JS files to support my changes in a)
As I want to "Run and Debug" do I include the entire Joomla folder tree as my project?
All pointers and suggestions greatly appreciated.
I need to do some custom work in the Hikashop (https://www.hikashop.com) plugin.
Ultimately this will be a fresh install of Joomla with this component installed running on a Linux server in the cloud.
I am looking for suggestions for the best way to use PHP Tools in this scenario.
1) Do I setup a Windows LAMP install or do I access the Linux installation directly? Or should I create a local Linux VM with the same J! install and then "easily" publish to the remote machine? Does the publish mechanism detect changed files? Ideally I only want to sync any files from a) or b) below and not touch anything else in the Joomla install folder.
2) How should I configure my project in PHP Tools. Conceptually I will be:
a) Editing an existing php file(s) within the HikaShop plugin
b) Adding some extra PHP, JS files to support my changes in a)
As I want to "Run and Debug" do I include the entire Joomla folder tree as my project?
All pointers and suggestions greatly appreciated.