My life just got easier thanks to XAMPP

I decided to set up PHP5, Apache and MySQL on my localhost, so I could develop a new database-driven website completely offline. I could not seem to get these things to play together nicely. A friend recommended XAMPP, a nice little Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. After I removed my current MySQL instance, XAMPP worked like a charm.

Then I decided to install WordPress. Using XAMPP, I was able to easily access phpMyAdmin and create a database for WordPress. But where should I install the WordPress directory so everything would work nicely? A simple Google search led me to this tutorial and within minutes my new WordPress site was installed on my localhost.

Life can be easy sometimes.