I am starting PHP development and I am looking at choosing brains for ideas and best practices, as well as updating websites such as www.w3schools.com
Yes, it must be PHP, as the website technology used.
I use Windows, although I will be developing in a virtual machine, perhaps on a virtual computer or virtual box running Windows 2000 or XP, or possibly Vista.
I am an experienced VB6 and SQL Server developer, so I can use SQL Server to work on my host laptop, or I can use mySQL. I think that using SQL Server to start with removing one level of complexity will allow me to concentrate on the web server (possibly Apache) and PHP and do not have to worry too much about the database, since all this will be completely natural for me.
Framework recommendations and one or two examples of what you used for them will be appreciated.
Version and version control structures and tools, tools, utilities and add-ons will also be evaluated.
I'm going to think about writing an answer to this question myself with my experience, when I start, almost like a “step-by-step” guide, so that someone in the future who wants to do the same thing can speed up.
Thanks in advance, guru.