What is LAMP and what is the best way to go about learning it

Question

I dont know what LAMP is.

Answer 1

Linux Apache MySQL PHP — the popular web stack.

The best way to learn it, is to install it on your computer, and play with it, while learning the web technologies. You don't have to install Linux if you prefer to work in another OS. For windows, there is WAMP and other ready to use installers. Or you may install the Apache, MySQL and PHP separately. You may as well install any other web-server, SQL-server and backend language.

Answer 2

thank you so much for this this really helps out!

Answer 3

Thanks for this I'm totally lost

Answer 4

Just try it out. Then you will probably get more specific questions. All this stuff is free.

Idk what OS you use, but here's a bundle for Windows:
http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Or you may install and configure this stuff separately. Start with Apache http server: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi . Install PHP if you need it: https://secure.php.net/downloads.php . Install MySQL if you need it: https://www.mysql.com/downloads/ . You may also play with some CMS when you have LAMP installed. Like Wordpress: https://wordpress.org

Answer 5

I used https://bitnami.com/stack/lamp to learn LAMP stack on a Ubuntu Linux setup. Very straight forward and lots of help online from their website. Even setup several virtual machines on my development workstation for simulated Master/Slave deployments. Cheers!