Tools (applications) working

Many beginners do not know what software to use, or what to test scripts. Below is a brief list of tools (applications) free which I recommend because I use them daily.

1. WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP) I recommend all due addons.
With their help you can test different configurations of the server scripts from PHP version 4.x, 5.x or 6.x with different combinations of MySQL (different versions) and with different versions of Apache. Through a simple clik can change from one release to another and then test the new configuration scripts.

2. PSPad editor simple and useful, with extensions you can configure to do more. It is very useful installed on a USB stick and run from there on any computer, you need to write or modify one fast code. Of course you can use and commercial applications (if you can afford) such as Dreamweaver, which is very good on the client side code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) but not so useful when it comes to server side programming. Another alternative would be editor HTML-Kit 292 is a very good editor on the client side, but still can be used as an editor server side and now I have to bring some arguments:

• Online validators
• Built-in browser which you can see your masterpiece without having to save the file
• To view in their browser and javascript bugs show
• You can add as many file extensions you want
• You can make many customizations
• Snippets that is, you can file its own code to integrate them into the current script with two clicks
• Ready-made plugins but has a generator plugin that you can create your own plugins as you want.
• Rescue encodings different and more that I can not enumerate here only if you get in contact with this editor you can tell about but most importantly it's free.

3. Zend Framework
It is rather a library of useful functions and classes for building applications. Not too useful for beginners, you should have a medium level of experience to understand the usefulness of. A more preferred alternative would be CodeIgniter PHP programmers. Of course, I recommend you take a proper framework, but began studying and working on something to help by writing experience.

4. IDE Eclipse PHP Development Tools A very useful when you want to create quality code (server side). Has debug shows you in real time all classes, functions, and many, many useful things (see the video tutorials on youtube about working with Eclipse PHP) that can add more good things from this publisher.
Of course there are much better version, but with payment called Zend Studio (also based on Eclipse)

5. DBdesigner
It is very useful for creating database structure and links between tables, you work much easier. However basic starter remains phpMyAdmin but there connoisseurs of comparison between the two applications. Too bad that version 5 (the acquired and developed by mysql) is not free (free version 5 has many shortcomings from the trade are removed useful things that are still in version 4, so I recommend you to download version 4 of the site). Also, all working with databases, and useful in the composition selection thick (to join, inner, left, etc.) as MySQL Query Browser

6. part of creating the site structure (or application) are not yet satisfied that we tested, that file is currently using an easy to create charts and links between web pages but are not satisfied with it, maybe you know a free and good. (Diagram Designer). In the commercial versions, MS Visio 2007 should be a solution, however, and hope to find some free.

7. On the FTP still recommend the old Total Commander because in addition to file transfer functions, has also archived, and the possibility of synchronization and many, many other useful things (to say nothing of, improving the through plugins and add-ons) . An alternative would be FileZilla an FTP client that you recommend the simplicity of the can used. Even for first time entrants into contact with him I am sure that you will not have problems that you do not know what to do with it.

8. Tortoise SVN very useful for recording scripts, especially when working in teams on the same project. Has Automatic Version Numbering can be doing with code written by multiple people simultaneously on the same file (in case of conflict and warns it must specify that the lines of code are used and in what order), also known to restore an older version of the code and an update on the new. knows quite a lot and is free.

9. phpDocumentor Because no matter how you write the code but just as it documented so that people will read it first to understand what happens in code, this tool is very useful to you (even just reading the documentation from there and how to write a comment correct code). So you just create a function or an entire project, end user will be easy to give it both the project and documentation (if you have correctly written remarks) automatically generated by phpDocumentor. (You can start reading the page here)

If you use other applications that you consider useful, please share them below in the comments or forums.