Web-Developer Server Suite
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The Web.Developer Server Suite is a non-proprietary, WAMP-based [Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP], web-server distribution for Windows.
The project was originally started in 2003, with the primary purpose of allowing the user to operate a domain name and website from a local PC for development, testing, and/or self-hosting. It is one of the original, professional WAMP distributions that has been actively maintained and developed.
The main focus of this project is to provide a stable, reliable, and secure distribution of the WAMP stack.
The components are built with VC++ 6.0, Service Pack 5, Processor Pack (MASM), and the Feb 2003 Platform SDK (the last 'official' VC6.0 PSDK). This is the same toolchain that 'official' release builds of Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc, are compiled under. VS.NET is avoided, to prevent mixing runtimes between major components, except for mod_aspdotnet builds.
The Web.Developer Server Suite includes phpMyAdmin, Perl, OpenSSL, mod_security, Tomcat (Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages), and mod_aspdotnet (ASP.NET).
A core web framework package composed of Joomla, Drupal
, Wordpress
, MediaWiki
, and phpBB
is provided.
This WAMP distribution is also integrated with a GUI WAMP stack controller.
This project was known as the DeveloperSide.NET Web-Server Suite, up to September 01, 2006. With the release of version 2.0, the name Web-Developer Server Suite was modified to Web.Developer Server Suite.
Servers:
Interpreters:
Graphic User Interfaces:
At that point in time, installing, integrating and operating a web-server under Linux was a simpler task over performing the same setup with the Windows ports of the components. Windows-based documentation was either: non-existent, outdated, or unusable. Builds were often broken by default.
Several months after the inception of the project, the focus was redirected to building and providing a Web-Server distribution to compete with the 'WIMPP' package: Windows, IIS, [Microsoft]SQL Server, ASP [IIS term for any server Pre-Processed document].
The project was originally started in 2003, with the primary purpose of allowing the user to operate a domain name and website from a local PC for development, testing, and/or self-hosting. It is one of the original, professional WAMP distributions that has been actively maintained and developed.
The main focus of this project is to provide a stable, reliable, and secure distribution of the WAMP stack.
The components are built with VC++ 6.0, Service Pack 5, Processor Pack (MASM), and the Feb 2003 Platform SDK (the last 'official' VC6.0 PSDK). This is the same toolchain that 'official' release builds of Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc, are compiled under. VS.NET is avoided, to prevent mixing runtimes between major components, except for mod_aspdotnet builds.
The Web.Developer Server Suite includes phpMyAdmin, Perl, OpenSSL, mod_security, Tomcat (Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages), and mod_aspdotnet (ASP.NET).
A core web framework package composed of Joomla, Drupal
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
, Wordpress
WordPress
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...
, MediaWiki
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, it is used to run all of its projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikinews. Numerous other wikis around the world also use it to power their websites...
, and phpBB
PhpBB
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board...
is provided.
This WAMP distribution is also integrated with a GUI WAMP stack controller.
This project was known as the DeveloperSide.NET Web-Server Suite, up to September 01, 2006. With the release of version 2.0, the name Web-Developer Server Suite was modified to Web.Developer Server Suite.
Servers:
- ApacheApache HTTP ServerThe Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...
(web serverWeb serverWeb server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
) - MySQLMySQLMySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
(database server) - Apache TomcatApache TomcatApache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation...
(java serverJavaServer PagesJavaServer Pages is a Java technology that helps software developers serve dynamically generated web pages based on HTML, XML, or other document types...
)
Interpreters:
- PHPPHPPHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
(scripting languageScripting languageA scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
) - PerlPerlPerl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
(scripting languageScripting languageA scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
) - ASP.NETASP.NETASP.NET is a Web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic Web sites, Web applications and Web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages ...
(scripting languageScripting languageA scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
)
Graphic User Interfaces:
- Web-Developer Controller (control panelControl panel (Web hosting)A control panel, in web hosting, is a web-based interface provided by the hosting company that allows customers to manage their various hosted services in a single place.Some of the commonly available modules in most control panels:* Access to server logs....
) - phpMyAdminPhpMyAdminphpMyAdmin is an open source tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL with the use of a Web browser. It can perform various tasks such as creating, modifying or deleting databases, tables, fields or rows; executing SQL statements; or managing users and...
(MySQLMySQLMySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
GUIGuiGui or guee is a generic term to refer to grilled dishes in Korean cuisine. These most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb, "gupda" in Korean, which literally...
)
Origin
DeveloperSide.NET was originally started in 2003 with the purpose of providing online guides for building and installing open-source/GPL web-server applications and components under the Windows Operating System.At that point in time, installing, integrating and operating a web-server under Linux was a simpler task over performing the same setup with the Windows ports of the components. Windows-based documentation was either: non-existent, outdated, or unusable. Builds were often broken by default.
Several months after the inception of the project, the focus was redirected to building and providing a Web-Server distribution to compete with the 'WIMPP' package: Windows, IIS, [Microsoft]SQL Server, ASP [IIS term for any server Pre-Processed document].