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User:Paul Nguyen

2009-12-16T11:12:30Z

Paulmnguyen: /* Senior Project */

== Paul M. Nguyen ==

I am a Computer Science student at [http://www.csulb.edu/ California State University, Long Beach], in my senior year to graduate in 2010.

=== Senior Project ===

I am now part of a team of 4 students working together with IBM to encourage adoption of the DB2 RDBMS as the backend for Moodle via ADOdb.

Our progress as of December 2009, and the end of our working term, has been posted to the [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=3100 Modules and Plugins Database]

User:Paul Nguyen

2009-10-02T05:29:50Z

Paulmnguyen: /* Paul M. Nguyen */

User:Paul Nguyen

2009-10-02T05:29:10Z

Paulmnguyen: /* Paul M. Nguyen */

== Paul M. Nguyen ==

I am a Computer Science student at [http://www.csulb.edu/| California State University, Long Beach], in my senior year to graduate in 2010.

=== Senior Project ===

I am now part of a team of 4 students working together with IBM to encourage adoption of the DB2 RDBMS as the backend for Moodle via ADOdb.

User:Paul Nguyen

2009-10-02T05:27:01Z

Paulmnguyen: /* Senior Project */

== Paul M. Nguyen ==

I am a Computer Science student at California State University, Long Beach, in my senior year to graduate in 2010.

=== Senior Project ===

I am now part of a team of 4 students working together with IBM to encourage adoption of the DB2 RDBMS as the backend for Moodle via ADOdb.

User:Paul Nguyen

2009-09-14T18:06:51Z

Paulmnguyen: New page: == Paul M. Nguyen == I am a Computer Science student at California State University, Long Beach, in my senior year to graduate in 2010. === Senior Project === I am now part of a team of...

Setting up Netbeans

2009-09-14T18:04:57Z

Paulmnguyen: grammatical changes, nonsubstantive

[http://www.netbeans.org/features/php/index.html NetBeans] has got a good PHP support. You find a host of information on the website (tutorials, developer blog, screen casts, etc.).

== Features ==
* CVS integration: see all changes, lines deletion, diff in real time, show annotations, diff history...
* Ctrl+Click: Go to declaration
* Export/Import Diff Patch
* Easy navigation
* List of functions
* Code completion
* Instant rename
* HTML, CSS, JavaScript support
* MySQL manager
* Quick Search
* Very few bugs

== Installation ==

* I recommend downloading the latest [http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html 6.5 version with PHP support ]. It's only a 26 MB download.
* Install and run it.

== Set up for Moodle development ==

* Checkout your Moodle project with a '''CVS client''' - see [[CVS for Administrators]] or [[CVS for developers|CVS for Developers]]. I personally prefer to use an external client in order to realise the CVS Delete operation on my own.

* Open File > New Project > PHP > PHP Application > Next
: You're going to set the project now. ''Name'', ''Location'' and ''Folder'' are used by NetBeans and are not related to the source code. So you can choose whatever you like, except your source folder. ''Sources'' has to be your checked out Moodle branch/head folder. The rest is clear enough. Don't forget to choose UTF-8 for ''Default Encoding''.

: Example:

Project Name: Moodle 1.9 Stable
Project Location: C:\Users\jerome\Documents\NetBeansProjects
Project Folder: C:\Users\jerome\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Moodle 1.9 Stable
Project Sources: C:\Users\jerome\Projects\branch19_STABLE\moodle
Project URL: http://localhost/moodle19/
Index File: index.php
Create: unchecked
Default Encoding: UTF-8
Set as Main Project: unchecked

* Click on Finish.

* Start coding!

== CVS with NetBeans ==

NetBeans comes with '''integrated CVS support''' which might be the easiest way to check out Moodle.

* In NetBeans, select Window->Versioning->CVS->Checkout
* Select Team->CVS->Checkout
* Enter into CVS Root: '':pserver:anonymous@us.cvs.moodle.org:/cvsroot/moodle''
: (Non-US-residents might use one of the other [https://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators#CVS_Servers Moodle CVS servers] nearer to them.)
* Click ''Next''
* Browse or enter into ''Module:'' moodle
* Browse or enter into ''Branch:'' MOODLE_19_STABLE
* Browse or enter into ''Local Folder:'' C:\xampp\htdocs
* Click ''Finish'' (and wait a few minutes for Moodle to be checked out)
* When you get the dialog box "Do you want to create an IDE project from the checked-out sources?", Click "Create Project..."
* Select PHP Application with Existing Sources, and click Next
* Browse or enter into ''Sources Folder'' C:\xampp\htdocs\moodle
* Enter into ''Project Name:'' moodle
* Keep the other defaults and click next
* ''Run As:'' should have selected ''Local Web Site (running on local web server)''
* Enter into Project URL http://localhost/moodle/
* Browse or enter into ''Index File:'' index.php
* Click ''Finish''

== Optimization ==

1. You may want to run Netbeans with the Sun JDK. Netbeans seems to work a bit better with the Sun JDK. Download it from [http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp]. You'll have to edit Netbeans config file. Open netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf. Then uncomment and edit:

netbeans_jdkhome="your_JDK_path"

2. To change the Netbeans look and feel run netbeans in the command line with this parameter:
"netbeans" --laf javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel

3. If Netbeans starts to slow down, give it more memory
"netbeans" -J-Xmx600m

== See also: ==
* Moodle forum: [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=112972 NetBeans 6.5 for moodle/PHP/debugging is a better experience v.s Eclipse]
* [http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/php.html NetBeans PHP Learning Trail]
* [http://wiki.netbeans.org/PHP NetBeans PHP Wiki]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/netbeansphp/ NetBeans for PHP Blog]

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