Kronus Heilgar
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Posted - 2011.07.14 06:23:00 -
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Edited by: Kronus Heilgar on 14/07/2011 06:25:02
EDIT: apparently they don't like me using the word a-hole
Don't listen to the asshat above ^. Anyone can pick up the basics of the API, even if you've never done any web stuff before.
Here's an awesome link with info about the API: http://wiki.eve-id.net/API. I do a lot of development, and my entire suite consists of XAMPP, FileZilla, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Eclipse, and a private server on Dreamhost (excellent hosting company, highly recommended if you're getting into it).
- XAMPP: local apache and MySQL host. Outstanding, easy to set up. You might need to make some tweaks to the PHP config file to get it set up, but there are lots of tutorials on that online
- Filezilla: FTP client, easy to use. If you're an old school linux guy, you can just do all that through command line
- Dreamweaver: HTML, PHP, and Javascript editor. Can do lots of other cool things like built-in FTP, but I don't bother with that stuff. Just stick with what you're comfortable with
- Photoshop: every website needs a logo or banner, or both. If you don't feel like learning the world of graphics design there are lots of EVE players who will help you out with that, for a price. Be warned though, many just take a couple images and overlay them in MS Paint. No skill.
- Eclipse: this is where I code my applications that use the API, either in C or C++, sometimes in Java if I need libraries that aren't available in the others. Depending on what you need to do with the API, you may also do this with PHP or other web languages; there are lots of libraries you can use to help you out (under the "API libraries" heading here).
- private server: you need somewhere to host your website. If it's small you can probably get away with a shared server, but if you're working with the API, more likely than not you'll need to run processes that are too long / memory dependent for shared servers. Whoever you host with can also provide you with a MySQL database.
Just post here if you have any more questions, us 3rd party devs are usually more than happy to help out a fellow community member.
Kron
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Kronus Heilgar
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Posted - 2011.07.15 05:23:00 -
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Just wanted to mention that when I said I recommended Dreamweaver above, I didn't mean the WYSIWYG part of it. I ONLY ever use the "code" view, and hardcode it all myself. The reason I use dreamweaver for this is that it simply has an excellent markup view (good colour coding, etc.) and is pretty decent at highlighting errors in your code (forgetting to close tags, etc.).
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