Posts Tagged ‘Apache’
Software for Web Development
For the most part, I design and develop on Mac OS X and Unix. I thought I might give out a few tips on building your own arsenal of Mac software for Web development. Apache HTTP Server 2 As noted in a previous post, I use Apache, which comes bundled with Mac OS X, to develop locally. That way, I can write dynamic pages and preview them without uploading anything to an external development server or the production server. In [...]
Virtual Hosts in Apache
I usually find it convenient to develop my websites and Web applications locally before pushing them to the production server. Mac OS X conveniently comes with the Apache Web server pre-installed. In fact, all you really need to do to start using it is to check the “Web Sharing” checkbox in System Preferences… > Sharing. You can then use your Web browser to navigate to http://localhost/, and you should see whatever files are in your Web root. The default Web [...]