Xampp & Wamp

Now as most of you may know; linux, apache, mysql, and php (LAMP) is one of the most deployed software stacks in the world.

Almost every web hosting company uses LAMP and this makes it a very cheap and viable solution to build your applications on.

However, if you are not comfortable with Linux or prefer Windows then Xampp or Wamp is what you need. These applications will basically setup and deploy the apache server with php and mysql all integrated together.

I have tried and used Xampp successfully and am currently downloading Wamp to give it a shot. I really like being able to just double click on an installer and let it setup everything for me. There may be minor issues like setting up security correctly, firewalls etc but it’s not necessary if you’re developing on a home machine.

So if you’ve ever wanted to get into the open source development but afraid of Linux then this is a must. Easy to setup and use in no time with a full stack solution on a Windows machine.