Get AMPed over Uniform Server and Build a Data-driven Web Site in Nothing Flat
Web development gets easier all the time, but Uniform Server, an open source project that packs up the ease and power of the 'AMP' platform, takes simplicity to the edge of embarrassing. Go from zero to Web hero in minutes by using our sample blog project to teach yourself the ease and power of AMP.
by Laurence Moroney
October 14, 2004
n the history of the Internet there have been few technology combinations as compelling as 'LAMP' has proved to be—Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. They are the cornerstone of low cost, data-driven Web sites. Linux, the open source operating system on which server class applications can run; Apache, the most popular Web server in the world; MySQL, an extremely popular open source database; and PHP, a server-side scripting language used to build data-driven Web sites.
To the uninitiated, setting up a Web server, database, scripting language, and operating system isn't totally straightforward and there is a large learning curve to ascend before productivity can result. It can be particularly difficult for Microsoft specialists, whose familiarity with Windows and associated technologies such as IIS, SQL Server, and ASP can get in the way of learning things the LAMP way. That is, until now.
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n the history of the Internet there have been few technology combinations as compelling as 'LAMP' has proved to be—Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. They are the cornerstone of low cost, data-driven Web sites. Linux, the open source operating system on which server class applications can run; Apache, the most popular Web server in the world; MySQL, an extremely popular open source database; and PHP, a server-side scripting language used to build data-driven Web sites.
