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Local Test Server

Design a web application, and a web site, requires you to take the jump from client-side technologies like HTML/CSS/Javascript, to server-side technologies like PHP. In order to successfully develop in this language, you need the ability to test your work before you launch it into the public domain of the Internet. You have to set up your own web server on your local PC, using freely downloadable software. The combination to work with is: Apache, MySQL and PHP - It allows development and testing on a local machine without the concerns of a consistent Internet connection.

Xoopserver 5
Portable WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP) click and start running your own local test server and XOOPS Cube Legacy website.

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EasyPHP
Download, install and code! Setup at a glance a pre-configured Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP environment on your system or on a USB drive and develop or present locally your projects.

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MAMP
The abbreviation "MAMP" stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP. With just a few mouse-clicks, you can install Apache, PHP and MySQL for Mac OS X!

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XAMPP
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.

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Image Edition

GIMPshop
Graphics Editor. GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.

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Code Edition

kompozer-0.7.10-win32.zip (7.6 MB) - compiled with VC++ 7.0 on Cygwin
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.Kompozer also includes a FTP site manager.

kompozer-0.7.10-gcc4.0.3-i486.tar.gz (10.3 MB) - built with gcc/g++ 4.0.3 on Linux 2.6.15

kompozer-0.7.10-i386.deb (8.2 MB) - successfully tested on Debian Etch and Ubuntu 6.06 to 7.10

kompozer-0.7.10-i386.rpm (8.2 MB) - successfully tested on RHEL5, Fedora Core 4 to 7 and Mandriva 2007

kompozer-0.7.10-mac.dmg (11.0 MB) - contributed by Sébastien Desvignes (aka bobo)
successfully tested on both PPC and Intel based Macs

FTP Clients

Filezilla
free FTP solution. Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License