Setting up a Development Environment

Introduction

If you start developing for the project or just with VirtueMart you may have already set up a development environment with an IDE and a SVN program.

If you haven't done so or if you want to know what to do better, you can follow the instructions given on this page.

The following programs are recommended for working with VirtueMart and synchronizing the working directory with the local SVN repository:

• SmartSVN (a very easy, but professional platform-independent SVN program)
• Total Commander (perfect for sync'ing the contents of two directories)
• 7-zip (for building installable packages)
• Zend Studio (the state of the art when it comes to a PHP IDE)

Of course there are other programs that can do the same as the ones mentioned above, but remember: these are just recommendations.

Installation, Setup and Working

Soeren has created a nice installation flash tutorial, that can be found here: http://virtuemart.net/documentation/presentations/virtuemart-development/virtuemart-development.htmlIt explains the most important parts of setting up the development environment.