If you have been building websites in HTML and are ready to move forward into using php/MySQL based applications, this course will teach you what a Local Development Environment is and how to install the top CMS software to start development of your website when you're ready.

We will go through the install and setup of MAMP (Mac), XAMPP (Mac) and WAMP (Windows). Once we have the local environment setup and configured, I will show you how to install both Joomla! and WordPress in each system.


MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP

XAMPP for Macintosh (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl)

WAMP for Windows (Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP) 

Customize A Local Development Environment with Joomla

Best Practices

Description for MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP

Description for XAMPP for Macintosh (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl)

Description for WAMP for Windows (Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP) 