XAMPP - (preconfigured) HTTP Server Review
Application: XAMPP and XAMPP Lite
Platform: Windows/Linux/Mac OS/Solaris
Homepage: apachefriends.org
Download: ditto
If you are a web developer then you would want setup local web server for productive development. But setting up a local web server, with PHP and MySQL, is a pain since it requires a lot of configuration and testing to make it work correctly.
Well! XAMPP is here to save the day. XAMPP is a web server which comes pre-configured with Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, SQLite and much more. Just download the XAMPP Windows installer, run the installer and after installation is complete - start developing. As simple as that.
Now if you are even lazy to try the installer then try XAMPP Lite. XAMPP Lite is throwable HTTP server (not my words, its how they describe it). Just download it, unzip it, use it and throw it away.
A Brief Intro with Snapshots
XAMPP Application provides a Control Panel to start/stop server and services.
Start the HTTP server and MySQL servers by clicking on the respective start buttons on control panel. To see if you HTTP server is working correctly; launch web browser and load page http://localhost/. You should see the web page loaded as shown in the image below.
To check the status of what softwares are working are not click on status. You would see something like this.
To work with MySQL databases click on phpMyAdmin (under Tools). You should see the following web page loaded.
Conclusion
I not only use XAMPP for web development but also test blog softwares like WordPress and also trying out various WordPress themes. This software is a time saver and definitely worthy of bookmark.
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