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By: Torbjörn Sjögren

Torbjörn Sjögren — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:36:43 +0000

I´m on a Mac and use TextWrangler, Firefox with Firebug and Cyberduck FTP. Photoshop for designwork. When i develop new sites i usually install WP on the new domain and use the 'Members Only' plugin before launch. I have a local environment setup but the hosted server install sometimes differs, so i think its easier to develop on the final environment. This works OK for me but can sometimes be a little "laggy". When i do work on a existing WP-site its a litte risky to work on the live install (depending on the work). Then my approach is to set up a copy of the live install to test plugins/themes etc. When the work is done i transfer the changes to the live install by either uploading files and import database or install theme/plugins and manually change settings depending on the changes. Please comment on this approach. How do you deal with this development | live environment "problem"? Is there a smarter/faster way to do this? Also, please hint me about some more good content covering the development | live environment "problem".

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:52:41 +0000

Im a Mac wordpress developer and must say that the best editor out there is CODA for html/php/css and so on. Never use to comment but had to give my input and tip

By: Jacques

Jacques — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:19:07 +0000

Not a hard-core coder like yourself, I just installed http://www.aptana.com/ - for CSS & HTML, but it supports .PHP, .js and what not - and if it is not there, you can add it via add ons. Finding my way, as it seems a good alternative to Dreamweaver.

TotalCommander - wow, didn't realise that is still around - from the 90's - good for them! I use FileZilla. And WAMP for local server.

By: Jürgen

Jürgen — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:37:15 +0000

Thanks for this hints.
I am still searching for one damn bug on my latest WordPress plugin.
I hope I will find it now.
by th way: great site. It will have a prominent place in my bookmark list now

By: Theo

Theo — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:52:05 +0000

Thanks Michael for the great article, specially for the WP tools. As editor i use Notepad++, and FilleZilla as my FTP client.

@Wiki Chaves: nice trick, have to try it

By: Troy Dean

Troy Dean — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:31:28 +0000

We are WordPress developers and Mac users and prefer MAMP, Firefox, Firebug and CODA as an editor rocks.

By: KmaN

KmaN — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:27:55 +0000

Appreciate sharing your tools. I'd personally recommend Notepad ++ as the editor of choice. Does the work for me.

As for an FTP client, I use, and strongly recommend, the use of FileZilla, a free software that can be downloaded right off a google search.

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:39:11 +0000

E_DEPRECATED is a core PHP constant in PHP 5.3+. You should not be defining it on your own. WordPress simply checks to see whether it is defined that way it knows whether it needs to exclude it.

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