Re: Programs not running

On Jan 4, 2013, at 8:00 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Matt Pelmear <[email protected]>  
> wrote:
>> On 01/04/2013 01:40 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
>>>
>>> One should be able to solve parsing problems without resorting to  
>>> using a
>>> web server. Every time I save a php file, I have my editor set to  
>>> run it
>>> through php -l. Saves lots of angst when I get to the web testing  
>>> stage.
>>
>>
>> This is a good idea in general. It's also a good trick to check for  
>> this
>> problem from the command line when suspecting a parse problem. Most  
>> IDEs
>> will make parse errors very obvious while you are editing the file,  
>> too.
>> Unfortunately not all members of any given development team can be  
>> relied
>> upon to test things in this way before committing ;)
>
> Committing a syntax error which breaks integration is a HUGE HUGE NO
> NO. Such a person would likely be cast from a dev team, or relegated
> to some more benign task.
>
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For those of us who have no idea of what you speak,
can you elaborate so as we don't make that mistake?
Or are you just talking about submitting a file to production without  
testing it?
I personally have not used command line. It is new to me, but sounds  
integral.
Where can one study its use?

Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com


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