HERE SHOULD GO A PICTURE OF A TOOL
I program in Java in my day job.
It's true that in uni we saw the basic principles of php, apache and mysql. We even used them in some labs. But I haven't touched those technologies in a long time. And now I find myself trying to develop a website using those programming languages and servers, DBs etc. They have evolved, and other stuff has come up as well, like Ajax or Ruby on Rails, or flash.
The other day I was installing and getting a hello world with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP).
Today I am trying to set up Ruby on Rails and get a hello world as Don Quixote did a while back. I am using
Instant Rails and
Aptana plugin for eclipse.
For Flash, I am using a trial version of
FDT for eclipse as dev environment, with
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional.
As for the Flash server, I am using the free trial version of
Flash Media Server 2, although other options we are considering are
Wowza and even the free
Red 5, though this one seems to be more buggy.
For the moment I haven't purchased any single development tool. And it wouldn't make sense indeed, as I am just trying them out to see what fits me. I can't really start giving away money 400$ here, 3000$ there, without having a clear idea of what I need of want.
I hope I am not being too naive trying to use all these technologies I don't even remember and using them from scratch. Anyway, I'll keep posting my progresses.
