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XAMPP Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl for Windows Others: LAMP - Linux WAMP - Windows MAMP - MacIntosh

XAMPP Local web design and development environment HTML displays without need of a server Other web-based languages do need a server to operate Creates local ‘sandbox’ environment in which developers can write, deploy, and test code

This will happen if you have Vmware running on your computer, because VMw will already be bound to Port 443

XAMPP One problem can crop up if you have VMware installed on your computer The VMware Authorization Service uses one of Apache’s ports Click on ‘Services,’ click in the Services window, and type ‘v’ Right-click on VMware Authorization Service and select ‘Stop’

This won’t cause a problem with Vmware, as long as you don’t try to launch it while XAMPP is running its Apache server

NOTE: If you’re going to be developing database integrated applications, start MySQL also

XAMPP The ‘server root’ for XAMPP is in **\xampp\htdocs (Where ‘**’ is the path to the directory where you installed XAMPP In my case, the path is C:\xampp\htdocs Testing the installation

Make a new folder named ‘test’

Open a new file in Notepad++ and type the above Save the file in the **\xampp\htdocs\test folder as ‘test.html’

In your browser, navigate to ‘localhost/test/test.html’ Notice that ‘htdocs’ doesn’t appear in the address. It is set as the root folder for local websites

XAMPP So why does this matter? Again, other languages require a server to function If we were to be using PHP instead of HTML, for example…

XAMPP Also, many dynamic web applications require the use of a database to function PHP and MySQL are well beyond the scope of this class, but understand that HTML and CSS are the building blocks of the web experience Other languages use them to create a dynamic web experience

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