Hey,

 

 

So I have Ubuntu installed now I would like some information on how to set it up for web development?

 

(Thanks to NotBanksy & ElanMan who helped me with some driver trouble I was having.)

 

So, are there any good application's to use, (preferably free).

 

 

 

Thanks for any help.

Looking forward to any responses

Hi Meshach -

I recommend XAMPP - it's an apache/php/mysql & perl server for linux. It's what I use, and I highly recommend it.

Give me a shout if you need any help getting it installed and set up.

 

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if Ubuntu still comes with gedit installed, use it! It's a brilliant text editor. Also I recommend GIMP, which may also be installed by default, for your graphical work. gftp is a great ftp client, but you can also use filezilla which is also very nice.

And that's pretty much all you need.

Hi Meshach -

I recommend XAMPP - it's an apache/php/mysql & perl server for linux. It's what I use, and I highly recommend it.

Give me a shout if you need any help getting it installed and set up.

 

 

Alternatively, just use Synaptic (the GUI front-end to APT package manager) to install Apache (httpd), PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL and Perl individually. It will sort out dependencies for you, though you might want to add GD lib as well if you want your Apache to transform graphics via PHP. This is, of course, if you plan to run your own local server..

 

As for development tools, you could try simple text editor such as Gedit (comes with GNOME) if you like light-weight tools, or something like Eclipse if you prefer all-in-one IDEs.

Thank you guys for help!

 

@Notbanksy: I'll be sure to let you know how I get on.