This is a little newbie question, but I hope to get some recommendations. I have been playing with Eclipse for a couple of months, but I'm still not quite happy with my setup, and it seems that every time I install it on a new system, I get different results.
What I hope to achieve is (I think) pretty standard.
In my environment, I would like SVN (currently using Subclipse), FTP support (currently using the Aptana plugin), debugging (going to use XDebug) and all the usual development bells and whistles (code completion, refactoring, etc.)
My biggest problem is how to set up my environment to support both “development” and “production” server. Optimally, I could work directly with the Dev server (Eclipse on the Vista desktop with the Ubuntu VM server), and then click on the production server (shared hosting). I would prefer to work directly with the Dev server (without local project files, just using Connections provided by Aptana), but I assume that this will not allow the use of add-on code or all other bells and whistles provided for development, Any thoughts?
Kind of an open-ended question, but perhaps it may be for some of you with a lot of experience using Eclipse to describe your installations so that people like me can get an idea of the good ways to set it up.
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