Well, I've given it a good go, but for me this is the end of the road for Netbeans (for the time being). There wasn't a lot in it to be honest and Eclipse does have its drawbacks too, but in the end there were just some features that I decided I missed too much. There is a handy function search in Eclipse that can be invoked by ctrl+o(on a PC anyway, the Mac key bindings probably include the apple key). A dialog pops up listing all the functions/methods in the current file, nicely ... read more
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March 26, 2010
Netbeans – The conclusion
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March 15, 2010
Netbeans & remote files
Just come across a scenario in Netbeans that can be a bit annoying. Editing remote files. In short, it isn't possible without downloading the whole site. 99% of the time I work on a local copy of a site. When I get to a certain point I'll commit the changes to the associated SVN repository. When the changes are ready, I will create a tag from trunk or whatever branch I'm working on and then deploy that tag to the live site or preview site. I hasten to add I never work directly on a live ... read more
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March 14, 2010
Netbeans & SVN
I've been using Netbeans for a few days now and I have to admit, my initial worries about changing IDE are slowly being addressed. The main area where I have been experiencing some issues is the SVN support. It doesn't seem quite as intuative as some other tools (mainly Subclipse and Tortoise). For example, to access a repository browser, you need to start some sort of action like a commit or copy. Being able to go straight into a browser would be handy. This is achieved in Eclipse via ... read more
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March 11, 2010
Trying Netbeans
First off, my IDE of choice for the last few years has been Eclipse with the PDT (PHP Development Tools) plugin. It has served me well and on several platforms too - currently on Windows 7 but for about a year my work box was running Ubuntu - ahh the good times. Anyway, back to the point. After trying lots of PHP dev tools, I stumbled across the PDT project and decided to try it out. Never really looked back. The other day, after a bit of a conversation on Twitter, I was prompted to ... read more
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March 7, 2010
Spam
Spam, everyone gets it, and really it's a bit of a shame. Just thinking about how much work goes into preventing people trying to either spam you, or in the case of websites, somehow screw up your work. It doesn't really bear thinking about the amount of time I have spent in ensuring form submissions are validated. However, even then, you can get spam submissions. This is where solutions such as CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), come ... read more
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Why 806
So, why did I choose the name 806 Software? Well, I decided that just using my name wasn't something I wanted to do. Anyway, all the good domains appear to have been snapped up by all the other Jason McCleans in the world (and Gmail addresses too). So, the advice is to choose something that relates to what you do and also something unique and memorable. Software is kind of understandable. I create software, whether that is based on the Web or the desktop - I'm not limiting myself here. As ... read more
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I’ve started blogging
It had to happen something. I've started a blog. Nothing much here of interest at the moment, but hey give me some time. The stuff I'll be putting on here will probably be a mix of technical and personal interest stuff. ... read more
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