I like working with Zend Studio, although version 8 kinda sucks. Especially when it comes to remote folders.
Anyway, there's still lots of stuff left before my VMware has everything it needs.
Setting up a Samba share was easier than I expected.
sudo apt-get install samba
sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
(if your background in vim is too dark type this: set background=dark)