Builder AU: Jump Into LAMP Development with XAMPP | Linux Today

Builder AU: Jump Into LAMP Development with XAMPP

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 22, 2004

“If you have ever had to set up a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
or Perl installed and running at the same time you know what hassle
it can be. If you are new Linux it can be a rather daunting
experience just trying to set everything up, nevermind learning
scripting languages like PHP, Perl and a database like MySQL or SQL
Lite.

“XAMPP is a single packaged download from Apache Friends which
provides all of the pieces of software needed, plus more you
probably don’t need, to make Apache installations with server-side
scripting and a few database options ready to go in a testing or
development environment…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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