Simplify the installation, and add more detail

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The chapter text for the "I ♥ PHP" project

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Simplify the installation, and add more detail #3

Open halfer opened 10 years ago

halfer commented 10 years ago

Some ideas based on kind feedback from a Reddit reader:

The install instructions are too brief - XAMPP is mentioned, but there is no detail about how to install it. The same goes for NetBeans - and this isn't an easy product to get started with anyway. One needs to learn how to create a project and how to create files, and none of this is mentioned.

I think I will drop XAMPP and switch to using PHP's built in web-server. That will simplify the server installation. Also, I think I should swap to something like Brackets and walk the reader through creating a project folder and their first file.

halfer commented 9 years ago

I've done some work for this, in v5 of the tutorial. I realised I can't drop XAMPP, as Apache is required for the .htaccess file.

I've expanded the section on installing an editor, and offered direct download links for Brackets and Light Table. Gedit is also mentioned, as Linux (Gnome) systems often have this pre-installed.

I've also added a screenshot of phpinfo() browser output, to show how to check that database modules are correctly installed.

halfer commented 9 years ago

A few more things would be good here:

Maybe some screenshots for installing XAMPP?
How to find the web root? (This is probably standard per operating system, so it can probably just be added to the text)
How to create and save a file? This can go in the info.php section, either in the text or as a break-out box.