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Jeff Small

Okay then. Here's what I've got. I've got a Powerbook. It's the gig/gig 15" 1gHz/1GB. I've tried to get into working on it a couple of times and have made a couple attempts but just haven't gotten it right with the whole "Programming CF on a Mac" thing, but I've got a whole week off, and I've told myself that I'm just going to do NOTHING but learn how to do this. I currently work on Windows and have for years. I've been working in CF for years now as well, but I'm in the IIS, SQL Server, Windows Dreamweaver world and have been pretty exclusively now for about 7 years. The funny thing is, I work at an ad agency that's almost all macs. That's why I got the powerbook last summer, to sort of wade into their world, but it's sort of just sat dusty for a while. I couldn't ever get the whole Jrun/CF/Dreamweaver thing to work last summer and I just gave up. So can you believe this little powerbook just basically sat unused ever since? Well, I just got Tiger. I've installed it and I've sort of noticed on the fringes of my radar that now Mac support is significantly better from Macromedia. So here's a little list of what I'd like to get done over the next week or so: 1. Get MySQL up and running. I've got extensive SQL Server/Access experience, and most of our sites use SQL Server, so I spend most of my time there. I have NO experience with MySQL at all, but I'm guessing it's the one I want to use. Someone that I spoke with said that if I use SQL Server, I'd be more comfortable with PostgreSQL's syntax, but I don't know anything about either, so with this one, I'm really just open to whatever general consensus says would be easy to get up and running for a Mac/Unix newbie and will work best with Dreamweaver. Which brings me to number two. 2. Get CF installed and running. My biggest hope is that I can use CF on the Mac, along with Dreamweaver MX 8, which I've got for Mac as well, and sort of "emulate" my workflow from work. Using Dreamweaver to work locally, then upload to our development server for proofing. Testing locally as I go. 3. Set up Websharing and getting it configured correctly. I assume I've got to learn some Apache as well...right? Okay, so with that in mind, where would I go to begin, and which database would be good to get? I'd like to try to get the database all set up and working with Dreamweaver sort of first...I guess...

Author:

Mark Drew

Well, I just re-installed my PB as well so  here goes for some of   these things On 21 Jan 2006, at 18:58, Jeff Small wrote: Head over to http://www.mysql.com and download mysql 5.0 for OS X,   you can also get the mySQL Administrator and Query Browser You can use the administrator to add users to domains (that is the   catch.. remember to add a domain etc) I also use Aqua Data Studio which is pretty awesome as a Database tool http://www.aquafold.com/ > > 2. Get CF installed and running. My biggest hope is that I can use   > CF on > the Mac, along with Dreamweaver MX 8, which I've got for Mac as well, > and sort of "emulate" my workflow from work. Using Dreamweaver to work > locally, then upload to our development server for proofing. Testing > locally as I go. Download CF from http://www.macromedia.com and install it. seems to   work fine with the defaults. > > 3. Set up Websharing and getting it configured correctly. I assume   > I've > got to learn some Apache as well...right? Your document root should be /Library/WebServer/Documents by default.   If you need to set up sharing you can do it from the control panel   sharing app. I didnt have to make too many changes to the apache httpd.conf  apart   from making index.cfm as another default document. do this by opening a terminal and putting:   sudo pico etc/httpd/httpd.conf search for index.html (Ctrl + w I think) and add index.cfm (separated   with spaces) Close the file and type: apachectl restart you might be able to use the default driver that comes with   Coldfusion to connect to mysql 5, I haven't set up any datasources   yet but I shall  try later on tonight and let you know you might also want to give CFEclipse a go, go to http://www.eclipse.com and download eclipse after you have downloaded it and run it.. you can check out this   resource how to install cfeclipse http://www.digitalbackcountry.com/index.cfm/2006/1/3/Getting-Started- with-CFEclipse Good luck! MD

Author:

Brian Meloche

I am also stuck in a Windows world, but I bought a PowerBook G4 last June (my first Mac) and am now using it for just about everything I do.  I love it!!! I use MySQL 4, and there's been no problems.  I would start with the MySQL installation first, as it will cause you less problems that way. Take a look at Aqua Data Studio, which is a multi-database client, and approximates SQL Server's Enterprise Manager.  The only thing it doesn't do is DTS and the ease of Import/Export that's in Enterprise Manager.  That way, you can use SQL Server for your databases (if you have another machine for the DB) right on your Mac.  That's what I was doing before my Windows desktop HD went south on me.  I am still trying to recover files from it. With the new CF7.01 installer, installing CF on a Mac is just about as easy as running on Windows.  Don't use the J2EE install - multiserver works great, but I had issues with the J2EE installer. On 1/21/06, Mark Drew <mark.drew@gmail.com> wrote:

Author:

Lewis Sellers

On Jan 21, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Jeff Small wrote: MySQL (at least the version that's been out for the last year or so)   is very good. You want to use phpMyAdmin to do all of your administration. There   are several other "native" or java apps you could use, but of all of   the ones I've tried it's the best overall. It also works cross- platform -- which is a huge plus. Yes, you have to install PHP to   make it work. They really should change the name, BTW, it's solely   for admining mysql databases and just happens to be written in PHP. I   don't _think_ you'd even have to know any php to use phpmyadmin.   (Though it's been a while since I've had to set it up on any machines   so I might be forgetting something.) To clarify, I've had CF, PHP and MySQL running on both windows and   macs locally. Currently I have an old windows machine set up to do CF/ PHP/MYSQL thereby offloading all of that from all of the work   machines. But I did have it running on my dual G5 for a couple   months. It doesn't make much difference which platform all of this is   running on except the installation is different of course. (Except   for the use of COM objects, etc.) Getting mysql, cf (and php) and apache working the first time can be   a PITA. Once it's set up though you just forget about it. I just use apache for the webserver as it is multi-platform and can   have the mysql/cf/php/apache combo running on any of the five   machines in the house I feel like. (Of course sometimes you have use   IIS if it's an IIS-specific project, but I mean those aside.) I should state that I've been using PHP a lot the last few months. So   you might hesitate to use something called phpMyAdmin, but it's   really good. It has a lot of neat features that helped me learn the   mysql syntax much faster than if I were simply reading a reference   manual somewhere. It's just about  all you need to maintain a mysql   database. > > 2. Get CF installed and running. My biggest hope is that I can use   > CF on > the Mac, along with Dreamweaver MX 8, which I've got for Mac as well, > and sort of "emulate" my workflow from work. Using Dreamweaver to work > locally, then upload to our development server for proofing. Testing > locally as I go. I don't use dreamweaver much. Hardly at all. I'm a software   programmer by nature so I just use subethaedit on the mac -- which is   a programmer's notepad. My wife however does on both platforms and   was complaining somewhat about it. But I think that's mainly cause   she was using an older version on the intel mac and Rosetta (the G3/ G4 emulator) for the transition kit was slow/buggy. She uses   dreamweaver almost exclusively (windows or mac), so I'd have to   default to her for any comments on the matter. The short answer though, is yes, you should be able to, though there   apparently are some differences in layout as I understand it. > > 3. Set up Websharing and getting it configured correctly. I assume   > I've > got to learn some Apache as well...right? Yes. It's installed on the Macs by default. You may need to edit the   configuration file somewhat and stop/start the websharing.   (websharing == Apache, as you've figured out already). > > Okay, so with that in mind, where would I go to begin, and which > database would be good to get? I'd like to try to get the database all > set up and working with Dreamweaver sort of first...I guess... > >

Author:

Lewis Sellers

See http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ BTW, as relates to installing phpMyAdmin to admin MySQL on the mac. --min On Jan 21, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Jeff Small wrote:

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