MAMP

One of the most popular development platforms for running web applications is LAMP — Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (or Python or Perl.) MAMP plays on this acronym to bring Apache, MySQL, and PHP to your Mac. It couldn’t be any easier than with this app.

We’ve posted screencasts previously about running Apache and PHP/MySQL on your Mac. With MAMP it’s even easier. Just drag MAMP to your Applications folder and double click it.

One great reason to install MySQL and PHP is to run a blog. WordPress is our favorite blogging platform, and it requires MySQL and PHP. Here’s a screencast on how to install MAMP and WordPress on a Mac.

(One caveat about MAMP: it’s configured by default to run on port 8888. If you install it on a production server, for example on a box at MacMiniColo.net, you’ll probably want to change to port 80.)

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