Setting up development environment: Difference between revisions

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

Git

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

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

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 ** [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installation_on_OS_X OS X]
 ** [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation Windows]: [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Apache_on_Windows Apache] + [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_PHP_on_Windows PHP]
-** General: [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Installation Category:Installation]
+* [https://docs.moodle.org/en/PHP#PHP_Extensions_and_libraries Extensions and libraries]
 * Enable SSL for Apache ([https://docs.moodle.org/en/Transitioning_to_HTTPS Transitioning to HTTPS])
-== Dabatase ==
+More information: [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Installation Category:Installation]
+== Database ==
 * Server:
 ** [https://docs.moodle.org/en/PostgreSQL PostgreSQL] (recommended)
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 ** [https://www.adminer.org/ Adminer]
-== Moodle Development Kit (MDK) ==
+== Moodle ==
+=== Manual installation ===
+* [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installation_quick_guide Quick guide]
+=== Moodle Development Kit (MDK) ===
 Only for Linux and MacOS (not available for Windows)
 * [https://github.com/FMCorz/mdk#user-content-for-development Setup]
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 ** JRE
 ** GoogleChrome driver (Firefox stopped working)
+=== Docker ===
+* https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-docker
 == IDE ==
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 * [[Setting_up_Eclipse | Eclipse]]
 * [[Setting_up_Netbeans | Netbeans]]
+== 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#Install_grunt | Grunt]]
-* [https://ngrok.com/download Ngrok]
+* [https://ngrok.com/download Ngrok], for getting your dev/private site publicly available (for sharing, for testing various integrations requiring public site, SSL or no...)
 ** Use [https://ngrok.com/docs#authtoken authtoken] for better experience
 ** [https://gist.github.com/andrewnicols/a338c43feca0a87a60248b8097de2ef5 MDK integration]
-== Docker ==
-* [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-docker]
 [[Category:Developer tools|Development environment]]

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