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That reminds me of how I got started with Drupal. I was so scared of botching up an install on a "server" that I ran XAMPP and ran my first Drupal install on a USB key! On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Nov 2, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mita Williams wrote: > > > +1 to web-hosting as it gives the ability install one's own software on > > one's domain (which feels great) *and* easy access to shell. > > > > And when web-hosting feels like too much of a barrier to access, sites > like > > jsfiddle where you can immediately start adding *and* sharing code is > key. > > IMHO the initial appeal of Code Academy was that it removed all barriers > to > > getting started. Getting a laptop's localhost set up is too daunting > for a > > first step, I think. > > If that's a problem for people, it might be worth looking at the various > *AMP (LAMP, WAMP, MAMP) stacks for an easy install of Apache, mySQL + perl > / python / php. > > We're probably moving away from locally hosted services towards 'the cloud' > for the most part (remember when they used to be called 'service > providers'?) > but it's still useful to learn a little something about configuring a > webserver / database / etc. > > And it's generally more locked down in the various *AMP stacks than if > you went and installed them individually, so there aren't quite the > same level of problems w/ security. > > -Joe >