Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development
Joomla! Doc has a great documentation online that explains how to set up your development environment
This article provides detailed instructions for setting up your workstation for #Joomla! development. Note that there are many possible configurations for doing #Joomla! development. Any environment that supports Apache, MySql, PHP, and Subversion should work for writing #Joomla! code and extensions.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up and working with the #Eclipse IDE. The example used and screen shots are for Windows XP, but the basic steps are the same for #Linux.
The part 1 mainly explains how to install technical components
The part 2 is even better as it explains how to create patches for #Joomla! along with some eclipse tips and tricks.
