Brief discussion of how to get started with the MAMP Stack: Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, PHP.

1. MAMP & MAMP Pro
John Ashmead
Mpsig March 2Nd, 2013

2. MAMP
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Macintosh!
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Apache!
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MySQL!
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PHP

3. MAMP itself
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Professional outfit - German!
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Documentation not quite current!
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Releases generally stable!
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A bit finicky but workable!
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Good setup routine

4. Macintosh
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Focused on Mac!
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Friendlier than cross platform apps, i.e. Postgres!
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Cute little A & M on the MAMP icon!
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Still a front-end to command line stuff

5. Apache
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The less you have to know the happier you are!
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Always backup your httpd.conf file!!
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Haven’t had to do much with this

6. MySQL
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Pretty current 5.5, which is the latest!
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You can have multiple MySQL’s running!
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But it is better if you don’t!
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Make sure you have the command line working as well

7. PHP
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Phpinfo!
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php.ini!
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Versions matter

8. PhpMyAdmin
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Great tool!
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Done for PhpPgAdmin, probably some others!
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Some gotchas in the conf file!
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Reports are useful as well, setup instructions are tricky

9. Development
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Develop locally!
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http://localhost:8888!
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Automate uploads!
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Test again when deployed