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PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide

By : M A Hossain Tonu
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PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide

By: M A Hossain Tonu

Overview of this book

<p>NetBeans has many features that greatly simplify PHP development, and with its several features and great flexibility, PHP developers can become overwhelmed by the IDE's options. This book provides step-by-step instructions that show you how to take control of the environment and make use of these features to make your PHP application development more efficient and productive than ever before.<br /><br />"PHP Application Development with NetBeans: Beginner's Guide" leads you through the crucial parts of PHP programming and shows you how to use the features of NetBeans that will improve your PHP development experience, through clear and easy instructions.<br /><br />The book gets you started with the development environment and tools, and takes you through working on practical projects with a clear focus. With each chapter being mission-critical, the book is a perfect companion to boost your PHP coding productivity and gain experience with even complex projects.<br /><br />The book starts with setting up the PHP development environment and introduces exciting and useful IDE features. You'll learn how to build real life PHP projects such as Facebook like Status Updater and even User Registration, Login &amp; Logout application. Also the book will introduce you with some must know development tools such as debugging &amp; testing tools, source documenter tools, and versioning tools.<br /><br />Working with the NetBeans IDE for PHP development has its own advantages, and this book reassures the purpose. This book is full of illustrations, screenshots, and clear instructions to take your PHP development to a new level and even shows you time-saving tricks and other productivity enhancements.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
PHP Application Development with NetBeans Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Debug menu


Keys

Command

Action

Ctrl + F5

Debug Main Project

Debugs the main project

Ctrl + Shift + F5

Debug File

Starts debugging session for currently selected file

Ctrl + Shift + F6

Debug Test for File

Starts debugging test for file in PHPUnit

Shift + F5

Finish Debugger Session

Ends the debugging session

F5

Continue

Resumes debugging until the next breakpoint or the end of the program is reached

F8

Step Over

Executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the entire method then stops

Shift + F8

Step Over Expression

Steps over the expression and then stops the debugging

F7

Step Into

Executes one source line of a program; if the line is a method call, executes the program up to the method's first statement and stops

Ctrl + F7

Step Out

Executes one source line of a program; if the line is a method call, executes the methods and returns control to the caller

F4

Run to Cursor

Runs the current project to the cursor's location in the file and stop program execution

Shift + F7

Run into Method

Runs the current project to the specified method and then steps into the method

Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow key

Make Callee Current

Makes the method being called the current call; only available when a call is selected in the Call Stack window

Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow key

Make Caller Current

Makes the calling method the current call; only available when a call is selected in the Call Stack window

Ctrl + F8

Toggle Line Breakpoint

Adds a line breakpoint or removes the breakpoint at the cursor location in the program

Ctrl + Shift + F8

New Breakpoint

Sets a new breakpoint at the specified line, exception, or method

Ctrl + Shift + F7

New Watch

Adds the specified variable to watch

Ctrl + F9

Evaluate Expression

Opens the Evaluate Expression dialog box