It bundles the free and open-source Apache, MariaDB/MySQL, PHP and Perl, for Windows, Linux and macOS. The XAMPP ) stands for Cross-platform (X), Apache (A), MariaDB (formerly MySQL) (M), PHP (P) and Perl (P). To install individual components, read ' How to install and get start with Apache', ' How to install and get started with MySQL'. In this section, I shall briefly describe how to install and customize some of the AMP bundles. Read ' How to setup and get started with Git'. Set up a Version Control System, such as Git (on Github), for backup, version control and collaboration. For advanced client-side programming: BootStrap, jQuery, Augular.js, React.js. Read ' Client-side Programming: HTML/CSS/JavaScript Section'. Client-side programming: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Sever-side programming: PHP (or Python, or Perl).Database programming: SQL (on MySQL or PostgreSQL).I shall assume that you have some basic knowledge on these programming languages. Client-side JavaScript debugging using the so-called 'F12 debugger' under 'Developer Tools' (which deprecated the famous 'Firebug').Server-side PHP debugging with 'xDebug' or 'Zend Debugger', and.You need to setup these debugging tools and be familiar with: You also need to install an IDE, such as Eclipse PHP Development Tool (PDT) (read ' How to install Eclipse PDT'), NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, or others. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Debugger I shall describe how to install and setup some of these bundles in the next section. Zend Server ) (Cross-platform for Windows, macOS and Linux).XAMPP (Cross-platform for Windows, macOS and Linux).Install a bundle package, which includes all software components (a) to (d) needed for developing PHP webapps.įor beginners running on Windows/macOS, I certainly recommend the bundle approach for simplicity (although they might not bundled the latest releases).Install individual software components, i.e., (a) Apache, (b) MySQL, (c) PHP, and (d) Other utilities.There are two ways of setting up LAMP/WAMP/MAMP: To develop PHP webapps, you need to setup Apache + MySQL + PHP under your operating system, in a so called LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP), WAMP (Windows-Apache-MySQL-PHP), or MAMP (macOS-Apache-MySQL-PHP) environment.

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