A patchy webserver
O'Reilly has published a sixth part to it’s useful mini-series - Apache Web Serving on Mac OS X. The latest installment covers the extra Apache modules included by Apple, and also how to load and use other third party modules.
As a web developer, this is one of the most powerful aspects to Mac OS X - the ability to develop full dynamic sites using PHP, MySQL and Apache locally, before shifting the whole lot onto an ISP’s server. It cuts out the endless FTP-ing from pre-OS X days, and speeds development up allowing you to concentrate on creating better designs and applications. Top banana, as they say round here...
Posted 10 years, 1 month ago
Totally agree there phil. So many designers have held back from upgrading to OS X because they they don’t like the Aqua GUI compared to their trusty Classic environment [perhaps not so trusty because in my experience, it crashed on a regular basis]. I haven’t looked back since I upgraded to OS X and as soon as I got PHP, MySQL and Apache running on my machine, I fully realised the benefits of the new OS. Before I upgraded, I didn’t know anything about Apache or server side programming, how could I call myself a web designer? Through OS X, I know have a better understanding of how it all works.
matt · www · 10 years, 1 month ago
Welcome to the Church of OS X Matt :-)
phil · 10 years, 1 month ago