Re: Frustrated new php "developer" on Windows

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Pierre Joye <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Landon Baine <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Where does a new person start?
>>  Are there any good guides that you use to set up this type of local
>> environment?  Do I just install each piece...PHP, MySQL, etc. and work
>> through it as I go?  Am I looking for a "how to setup WIMP" that
>> doesn't exist?
>
> Reading the manual is amazingly helpful:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php
>
> I would also suggest to simply use the MS Web Platform installer, it
> will setup everything you need, even mysql or other non php.net
> softwares. It uses the same installer than php.net (fetched from the
> same location).
>
> For your other questions, that's not directly windows specific
> questions but more about developments and deployments "strategy",
> there are dozen of tutorials about these topics out there.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
> http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org
>

Pierre, thank you.  I have been reading through the manual...I guess I
was looking for a magic "how to".  Looks like I need to step back and
slow down.  I will look at your links!

Landon

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