

You can also run XAMPP, which is platform independent, on Windows. Wamp server is pretty easy to use, just make sure you untick the box above for Skype if you use it, then download WAMP and follow these instructions. The most popular way to run an AMP stack on Windows is to use WAMP Server. The port should then be clear and available for use. If you didn't do this and Apache isn't working when you're walking through the steps below, just untick the box as above, and then restart Apache. Important note: If you are using Skype, before you start open your Skype settings, open the 'Connection' tab, and untick the box which says "Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections".
XAMPP FOR MAC YOSEMITE HOW TO
Here are some walk-through tutorials from around the web of how to set up a test environment on Windows, Mac and Linux (I've given examples for the main Linux systems but others are generally well documented online). This is also very useful if you want to demonstrate something in a super-important presentation, and you don't want to worry about a flakey internet connection! I am often asked by clients if they can set up a local test environment on their computers for various reasons, and in fact if you want to get involved with testing bug fixes for Joomla!® or if you come on any of our Joomla! training courses you'll need to have a local test environment to do that.
