Didn’t try these tutorials out, but they look pretty thorough and thought I’d pass them along:
These are how-to tutorials to give step by step instructions for installing, setting up, and configuring Apache2 web server, ActivePerl, PHP, and MySQL in Windows. A section is also included that tells you how to make your server accessible to the world, some info on firewalls, and a section on other types of servers (ftp, mail).
Another Windows XP / 2000 local installation tutorial was mentioned last month.
My personal and professional preference is to use a web host. Here’s a few reasons why:
- can develop for the target server environment where programs will run
- I use Windows primarily (yes, I use Linux and Mac too) for desktop and Linux servers so code running locally would need to be further modified
With plans at places like 1and1.com (affiliate) costing as low as $2.95 a month and including PHP (3, 4 and 5) and a MySQL database, a developer doesn’t need to look at setting up a local developer environment.
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I’ll have more to say about 1and1.com in a future post as we use them for a few sites and I’ve been pleasantly surprised from a webmaster and developer perspective. More on that later.
