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Originally posted by HFWang
IMO it'd probably be best to just set up your own server.
I installed apache/mysql/php without too much difficulties (maybe thirty minutes of hardcore "hmm. maybe I should put everything on my G drive." and "how about port 8080 instead of 80... decisions decisions). One of my friends had a bit more trouble, but was done within an hour.
BTW: books suck for one single reason. lack of copy/paste. :-P
Alot of it does come down to how much basic programming knowledge people have to begin with though...
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If you want to set up your own server (on a Windows machine), use
phpdev Offical Site (other is from sourceforge.net for the downloads).
It's extremely easy, and not bad at all for testing (just remember to shutdown and restart apache each time you change anything to the apache configs or php config).
If you need any help on this, I'm sure there will always be help here.