- Nov 9, 2006
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Hi Folks,
It's been a long time since I did basic web sites using authoring tools such as Front Page, Coffecup HTML editor etc.
My work requires me to start learning to develop using PHP and MySQL and I am a complete noob on both topics although not a stranger to programming. I need a way to get started and want to set up a windows based development environment on my local PC. Even though Linux/Ubuntu seems to be the most popular choice for this sort of thing, I want to stick with Windows because that's what I'm familiar with. The learning curve already is seeming pretty steep without having to learn a new OS.
Step 1 is I apparently need web server software and Apache seems the popular choice (I don't know anything about Apache either). However they (Apache or whomever "they" are) don't provide binary installers for their latest version only source code which needs to be compiled first using any number of tools. I have Visual Studio 2010 which supposedly can accomplish this but I'm not sure what "source" file to download from the Apache web site at the below link. There are two Unix source files, a Netware binary and a link to "other" files none of which jumps out at me as being the correct one.
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache24
I've run across other websites where people have apparently accomplished this feat and offer these installers but I'm a bit leery downloading them from untrusted sources. It's a shame I can't seem to find a package installer for Windows which provides/installs everything without having to go through all this manual installation hassle that requires all sorts of prerequisite knowledge. How does one get started learning?
Any other suggestions for a complete newb like myself are appreciated
.
Thanks,
NP
It's been a long time since I did basic web sites using authoring tools such as Front Page, Coffecup HTML editor etc.
My work requires me to start learning to develop using PHP and MySQL and I am a complete noob on both topics although not a stranger to programming. I need a way to get started and want to set up a windows based development environment on my local PC. Even though Linux/Ubuntu seems to be the most popular choice for this sort of thing, I want to stick with Windows because that's what I'm familiar with. The learning curve already is seeming pretty steep without having to learn a new OS.
Step 1 is I apparently need web server software and Apache seems the popular choice (I don't know anything about Apache either). However they (Apache or whomever "they" are) don't provide binary installers for their latest version only source code which needs to be compiled first using any number of tools. I have Visual Studio 2010 which supposedly can accomplish this but I'm not sure what "source" file to download from the Apache web site at the below link. There are two Unix source files, a Netware binary and a link to "other" files none of which jumps out at me as being the correct one.
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache24
I've run across other websites where people have apparently accomplished this feat and offer these installers but I'm a bit leery downloading them from untrusted sources. It's a shame I can't seem to find a package installer for Windows which provides/installs everything without having to go through all this manual installation hassle that requires all sorts of prerequisite knowledge. How does one get started learning?
Any other suggestions for a complete newb like myself are appreciated
Thanks,
NP