Drupal Module Development : Uninstall/Reinstall/Repeat?

Question

I'm developing a custom module for Drupal on my local machine.

When I edit my code, the changes are never applied right away. So, I go to Administer Modules, and uninstall, and then reinstall my module. This is cycle of uninstall-install-develop-repeat is slow and tedious.

Is there a better way to do it?

My module makes extensive use of Drupal framework so I'm not sure developing it exclusively in PHP first is an option.