XAMPP / WAMP / MAMP

In order for a web application to be Complete we need a database platform,A Server to execute server side Scripts and to store our files.

Instead of downloading this packages Separately and installing them individually these are available in a Single Package.

Point to Mention here is they are available free of Cost.

This can be Downloaded Separately from 

Apache: http://apache-http-server.en.softonic.com/

Mysql: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/

1. WAMP

• WAMP - Windows Apache MySql Php
• Wamp is for windows which includes the the Apache server Mysql and Php that for optimised for the Microsoft Windows OS
• Download link for WAMP: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/files/WampServer%202/WampServer%202.2/wampserver2.2c-x32.exe/download

     2. MAMP

• MAMP -Mac Apache MySql Php
• Mamp is for Mac  which includes the the Apache server Mysql and Php that for optimised for the Macintosh OS
• Download link for MAMP:  http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/index.html

     3.XAMPP

• XAMPP - X(Cross Platform) MySQl PHP Perl

• XAMPP  is a cross platform package which runs on all Os such as Mac,Windows,Solaris etc,it is not built for a particular platform and its size is larger than the other two.
• Additionally it also runs the Perl Scripts which is a older Server Side Scripting Language
• Download link: http://xampp.en.softonic.com/download

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Order to be followed when Learning Web Technology/Web Application

1.HTML/XHTML: The first thing to learn in Web technology is html.Html lets us allow design web pages,without html there is no way we can create a web page.

XHTML is an extended HTML,it is just an extension of HTML,we can call it a Strict HTML in which we have to strictly use doctype in our pages and other restrictions.One can use W3 Schools to learn html.

2.CSS: CSS- Cascading Style Sheets
The Next thing after learning HTML one must learn is CSS

CSS offers Web Designers to Style their HTML Pages.
It Allows us to design layouts for our page.

3.JAVASCRIPT: Next in the order Comes JavaScript

• It is a premier Client Side Scripting Language
• Almost all Browsers interpret JavaScript
• Its use to add Programming to our static web pages

W3 Schools and Headfirst JavaScript are good Source for learning JavaScript

4.PHP : My Personal Preference is PHP- PHP:Hypertext Preprocessor

• It is a Server Side Scripting Language
• All Validations and processing is done on the server side eg.On a Apache server
• Login validations database usage is possible with PHP
• Learning Php or any other server side scripting Is Mandatory in order to complete a web application.

 Source:Lynda.com offers good Tutorials in Beginners PHP

5.JQUERY: JQuery is primarily used to please the visual appearance of the web pages

 

• Jquery is capable of doing extraordinary transition effects,and visually appealing effects
• Make JQuery as a final touchup to your page.
• If you have Mastered the other four Come for Jquery.
• Source:Newboston Offers good Php Tutorials

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