Preparing Your Development Environment
Installing the Browser & Notepad++
1. Install Mozilla Firefox
2. Install Notepad++
Installing WAMP server
1. Visit the site: [Link]
2. Download the following:
a. Wampserver 3.3.7 64 bit x64 - Apache [Link] - PHP
7.4.33/8.0.30/8.1.31/8.2.26/8.3.14/8.4.0 - MySQL 9.1.0 - MariaDB 11.5.2
b. PhpMyAdmin 4.9.11
c. All VC Redistributable Packages (x86_x64) (32 & 64bits)
3. First Install all the VCRs (c): extract the folder, install both 32- & 64-bit versions one
by one
4. Then install WAMP.
a. Its better to install to another partition except C:
b. Select Mozilla as your default browser (browse and select [Link])
c. Select Notepad++ as your default text editor (browse and select
notepad++.exe)
5. WAMP Server check list
a. Run WAMP & check the WAMP icon on system tray becomes green.
b. Access Localhost from WAMP menu.
c. Access PhpMyAdmin 5.2 (username: root, password: none)
d. Then change php version to 7.4 and check.
e. Access phpMyAdmin 4.9
f. Set PHP version back to 8.3.
g. Activate Apache SSL Module (apache > apache modules > ssl_module),
check its activated properly.
Installing NetBeans 26
1. Download and install: [Link]
NetBeans/netbeans-installers/releases/download/v26-build1/Apache-
[Link]
Test Project
1. Open WWW folder of WAMP
2. Create folder test
3. Open NetBeans > new Project > HTML5/JS > HTML5/JS with existing resources >
site root <select your folder pro1> finish
4. Right click site root on the left pane, under the project name pro1 > new > HTML
file > name as ‘index’ > finish
5. Replace text ‘TODO write content’ in body with ‘Hello World’
6. Run localhost from wamp > add ‘/pro1’ to the URL
7. Check whether the page load properly.
8. Do Some more HTML and get familiar with it.
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