PHP application development with NetBeans beginner's guide. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: M A Hossain Tonu.
• Other Names: Tonu, M. A. Hossain
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Setting up your Development Environment; Why NetBeans for PHP application development?; Recommended system requirements; Downloading the NetBeans IDE; Time for action -- downloading the NetBeans IDE; Installing NetBeans; Time for action -- installing NetBeans step by step; Setting up your development environment in Windows; Time for action -- installing XAMPP in Windows; Setting your development environment in the Ubuntu desktop. Time for action -- installing LAMP on the Ubuntu desktopSetting up your development environment in MAC OS X; Time for action -- installing MAMP in MAC OS X; Creating a NetBeans PHP project; Time for action -- creating a NetBeans PHP project; Summary; Chapter 2:Boosting Your Coding Productivity with the PHP Editor; Familiarizing with the base IDE features; Exploring the editor for PHP; Exploring more with the editor; Using rename refactoring and instant rename; Using code completion; Using the code generator; Summary; Chapter 3:Building a Facebook-like Status Poster using NetBeans. Planning the projectUnderstanding JSON -- JavaScript Object Notation; Introducing jQuery -- the definitive JavaScript library; Understanding AJAX -- asynchronous JavaScript and XML; Introducing jQuery.ajax(); Introducing PHP Data Objects (PDO); Creating the NetBeans PHP project; Creating the status stream display list; Setting up the database server; Time for action -- connecting with MySQL database server; Creating the database and table; Time for action -- creating MySQL database and table; Inserting sample rows into the table; Adding sample user image files; Creating the StatusPoster PHP class. Time for action -- creating a class, adding a constructor, and creating methodsFiring the user interface for displaying the status list; Time for action -- adding CSS support to the document; Time for action -- adding jQuery support and custom JS library; Time for action -- showing the status list; Hatching out the status poster using PHP-AJAX; Time for action -- adding the status input box to the interface; Adding new status post template to index.php; Creating the AJAX status poster; Time for action -- creating status poster using JQuery AJAX; Working with StatusPoster.php again. Adding AJAX responder code to index.phpTesting the usability of the status poster; Summary; Chapter 4:Debugging and Testing using NetBeans; Debugging -- the ancient art of programming; Debugging PHP source code with XDebug; Configuring XDebug; Time for action -- installing XDebug on Windows; Enabling XDebug on Ubuntu; Time for action -- installing XDebug on Ubuntu; Enabling XDebug on Mac OS X; Debugging the PHP source with NetBeans; The debugger windows; Basic debugging workflow; Time for action -- running a debugging session; Adding Watches; Time for action -- adding the expression to watch.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 006.76; COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- General; PHP (Computer program language); Open source software; Application software; PHP (Computer program language); Open source software; Application software; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- JavaScript; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- VBScript; Application software; Open source software; PHP (Computer program language); COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1283593912; 9781283593915; 9781849515818; 1849515816
• Related ISBNs: 9781849515801; 1849515808
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed Feb. 13, 2013).
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