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[p27br]

Hi,

I am following a bachelor course in CS in the evenings.
next year will be the last and I must do a development project. I was thinking of creating a website with Apache, MySql and PHP as it is very popular and open source . I can't afford SQL Sever and .NET, but I have no experience with this type of project. I found this development package and wanted to know if anyone is/has used it to create a website and have interesting experiences to share or if there is a better alternative
I have one year to achieve this (having a full time job and 2 kids), you can tell me if I'm being too ambitious.

Just to be clear, I'm not looking for someone to give me a finished project

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

Check out the following:

http://apache2triad.sourceforge.net/

I only downloaded it to see how functional it was, and it seems to be quite good.

It installs the following with a very simple installer:

Apache version 2.0.49 with ApacheMonitor 2.0.45 and 2.0.49
MySQL 4.0.18 with MyODBC 3.51 and winMYSQLadmin 1.4
OpenSSL 0.9.7c with mod_ssl 2.0.46 and SSLCert 1.0
XMail 1.18 with Xmail Queue Manager 1.47
SlimFTPd 3.15 with PHPsFTd 0.0
Python 2.3.2 with mod_python 3.1.3 , Py2exe 0.5.0, MySQL-python 0.9.2 and Spyce 1.3.12
Perl 5.8.3 with mod_perl 1.99_13 apache2 module , Apache::ASP and PPM 0.18
PHP 4.3.6 with Pear 1.3.1 ,Smarty 2.5.0 ,Zend Opt. 2.5.0 , Dbg 2.16.3
TCL 8.4.5 with TK 8.4 and Vtcl 1.6.0
+ PHPXMail 0.68 ,UebiMiau 2.7.5 , PHPmyadmin 2.5.6 , AWStats 6.1

Hope this helps

Wullie

http://www.freshlookhosting.com

http://www.tutorial-world.com

http://www.freshlookdesign.co.uk

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[p27br]

Hi

thanks for the links : at the present time I was considering working with windows, because my home PC runs W2K, I do have an older PC (133 MHZ) but I don't think any recent versions of Lnux will run on it.
I don't want to install Linux on my W2K PC because I'm not familiar enough with the OS and last time I set up a dual boot, the partitions were overwriting each other.
So unless there is a possibility to set up linux and the package you are referring to on the 133 MHZ PC, I'll stick to a windows application platform.

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

That is a Windows package.

Hope this helps

Wullie

http://www.freshlookhosting.com

http://www.tutorial-world.com

http://www.freshlookdesign.co.uk

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[ChrisHirst]

ASP.NET is a free download from MS. Apache, Tomcat, MySQL and PHP are also free and will run on a Windows platform.
You do need to be running Win2k Pro or XP Pro to be able to use IIS as a web server locally for testing and development. And a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) system can be put together quite cheaply.

While it seems a good system, learning on a "real world" system (Apache or IIS) will mean you are better prepared than using something that very few hosts or companies are running or support.
Between MySQL and MS SQL there is not a huge difference in the basics, so a good grounding in one means the other is not an enormous culture shock.

There are also many very good free or well priced code editors around so the cost of Dreamweaver or (heaven forbid) FrontPage is not an issue either.



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[p27br]

thanks !

I had a quick look at the first page and saw LINUX, that's why I assumed it was a linux package

I'll give it a try.


cheers

 

[p27br]

BTW, I've added tutorial-world to my favorites

have a star

 

[p27br]

chris

what's IIS and how do I configure/set it up ?

thanks

 

[ChrisHirst]

IIS is Internet Information Server, The MS webserver.

to install it use the windows component wizard in Add\Remove Programs.

For setting up there are lots of threads in the IIS forum forum41.

make sure you run windows update straight away and disable or patch WebDAV

http://www.iisanswers.com

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk

A website that proves the cobblers kids adage.

http://www.cram-system.com

Nightclub counting systems

 

[grtfercho]

p27br: I'm pretty much in your same situation, however I've been developing pages in other systems ( mostly CFMX and Oracle).
For technicalities (and price) I need to create a project in PHP/MySQL I got the server setup in an internet host running Linux. However the development is easier and faster if I do it in my PC running W2k. I found XAMPP to be one of the easiest and powerful packages out there. Check it out.

http://www.xampp.org

Installation is a breeze and management is quite simple.

(by the way I have nothing to do with them).


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[p27br]

thanks for the info grtfercho

I'll check it out