How to set up a WAMP stackIn this tutorial we will show you how to set up a working web environment, along with zoglair, on your personal computer (PC), from scratch! We will assume no prior knowledge about any web technologies, whatsoever. We will, however, assume that you:
What is a web environment, anyway?A web environment is a computer having all necessary programs required to run web applications, such as zoglair. Some of these programs may differ depending on the application, but generally speaking, a web environment needs at least the following:
A web server is a program that accepts requests from your web browser (such as Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer) and responds with appropriate content, depending on the request. The most popular web server is Apache. A database server is a program that manages data, organized information for about anything. The most popular database server is MySQL. By the way, SQL is the language we use to talk to database servers. Finally, a server-side scripting language is a programming language that allows web developers to develop web applications. The most popular one is PHP. It is called server-side because it runs on a server, as opposed to client-side if it runs on a client. You know, every time you press enter on your browser's address bar, or click on a link in a web page, you are requesting something from a web server. At that time, you are seen as a client. The web server runs some code and when it finishes it serves to you - the client - its response. It may be needed (and it usually does) that a response requires further processing by your browser, using another scripting language called JavaScript. Since this processing is happening on your computer (the client), it is called client-side! If you join their initials (Apache, MySQL and PHP) and prefix them with the initial of the Operating System (Linux, Windows or Mac), you've got some very popular acronyms that are used all over the web: LAMP, WAMP and MAMP! So, what we are talking about here is how to setup a WAMP package or stack as it is often called... Which WAMP package is right for me?The short answer is:
If you take a look at a related Wikipedia's article, you will see a vast list of WAMP choices. Judging from forum discussions, the most popular one seems to be XAMPP. However, in this tutorial we will talk about ZAMP, our own free WAMP stack! How to install ZAMPTo install the ZAMP stack on your PC, follow these steps:
Congratulations... You've got yourself ZAMPed! ZAMP will be running until you execute You can now proceed to installing zoglair:
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