Intro of xammp

• XAMPP stands for Cross-Platform (X), Apache (A), MySQL (M), PHP (P) and Perl (P). 
• It is a simple, lightweight Apache distribution that makes it extremely easy for developers to create a local web server for testing purposes.
• Everything you need to set up a web server – server application (Apache), database (MySQL), and scripting language (PHP) – is included in a simple extractable file. 
• XAMPP is also cross-platform, which means it works equally well on Linux, Mac and Windows.
• Since most actual web server deployments use the same components as XAMPP, it makes transitioning from a local test server to a live server is extremely easy as well. 
• Web development using XAMPP is especially beginner friendly, as this popular PHP and MySQL for beginners course will teach you.

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