Setting up development environment

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This is a quick guide which contains all the tools you'll need to configure your development environment:

Git

• Installation
• Setting-up GitHub

Apache + PHP

• Depending on your computer's OS:
  • Debian
  • OS X
  • Windows: Apache + PHP
• Extensions and libraries
• Enable SSL for Apache (Transitioning to HTTPS)

More information: Category:Installation

Database

• Server:
  • PostgreSQL (recommended)
  • MariaDB (recommended)
  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • Oracle (not recommended)
• Client:
  • Adminer

Moodle

Manual installation

• Quick guide

Moodle Development Kit (MDK)

Only for Linux and MacOS (not available for Windows)

• Setup
  • Sample to create some instances (both based on master, first using PostgreSQL and second MySQL:

mdk create --install --engine pgsql --run mindev users makecourse
mdk create --install --engine mysqli --run mindev users makecourse -n stable_master-mysql

• Behat
  • JRE
  • GoogleChrome driver (Firefox stopped working)

Docker

• https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-docker

IDE

• Sublime
• PhpStorm
• Eclipse
• Netbeans
• ViM

COMMAND LINE

To view logs in real time on linux based machines you can use at the command line  : # tail - f

Example: # tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

By viewing logs in real time you will find it easier to correlate actions and errors.

Other tools

• Grunt
• Ngrok, for getting your dev/private site publicly available (for sharing, for testing various integrations requiring public site, SSL or no...)
  • Use authtoken for better experience
  • MDK integration