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From: Josh Schroder
Date: Feb 22, 2018 2:47PM

Hi Jim,

If you only plan to test JavaScript, HTML and CSS, then you don't need to create a server. JavaScript is executed client-side, so you can just work locally with (dot)html files in your browser.

However, if you need to run server-side code, such as PHP, ASP, Python, then you'll need to stand up an appropriate server on your machine.

When doing PHP development, I've traditionally used MAMP on Mac. There are equivalent products out there for Windows.

In my opinion, setting up a full-on Linux install on a Windows box would be overkill, unless you need full control over the server configuration or want to learn server administration.

Josh Schroder
Web Administrator II
Office of Strategic Communications
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(512) 936-8937