LAMP How To – Open Source At Work

eclipse-pdtis a php integrated eclipse IDE – good for rapid web development.
download eclipse-pdt from above.
setup subclipse (for svn) if you intend to use svn within eclipse. In eclipse->help->software updates->available software->add site, enter URL: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x
Another good software to install is beyond cvs. In eclipse->help->software updates->available software->add site, enter URL: http://beyondcvs.sourceforge.net/update/0.8.x/

install subeclipse and javaHL adapter.
setup eclipse monkey [...]

A Content Management System (CMS) allows you to update your website easily without touching anything in the backend. If you are a non-IT person, you will almost always want a CMS for your website because it makes you less dependent on your web designers or developers to add, edit or delete contents in your website.
There [...]

A bit of history if you are interested
I can vaguely recalled that a designer friend wanted to add a calendar to a custom made CMS. We searched high and low found a few good ones – some commercial and some open source. He found the installation and configuration daunting though.
As a programmer, I knew that [...]

Google implemented a search API in 2002 for web developers to do Google search within their own website. By using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) procedures, the API allows the search and results retrieval to run in the background.
I have implemented a google search function in this website using PEAR SOAP. The script loops through [...]

This calendar plugs in seamless with any content management system you are using. With Ajax, your screen need not be refreshed. The functionality can be easily extended using inheritance.
The full demo can be seen here – PHP Ajax Calendar and source code is here – Simple PHP Calendar Source.

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