How to create a WordPress development environment on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Little while ago I bought myself a new Macbook Pro which in my opinion is just excellent piece of hardware in such a lovely case. As with any new machine I get it always takes some time to live in, setup everything you need to get going and so on. Since I’ve been a longtime Windows user I’ve really got used to the regular (at least once a year) re-installations. From that experience I’ve learned that it’s always good if you have a list of things you need to bring over, install and configure. This series of posts is bit of both – hopefully helpful resource for someone who wants to setup WordPress on their Snow Leopard machine and a reminder for myself in case I need to go through it again.
This is the first, introductory, post in the series of posts where I cover all the details that I had to go through to setup WordPress so I could start working on new themes for our customers. I wanted to use as many components as possible that come with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. More specifically Apache and PHP. For components that are not available with Mac OS X natively we’ll use Macports.
So lets dig into how to setup your system to install and run WordPress development environment in most convinent way.
[intlink id=”how-to-setup-apache-and-php-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard” type=”post”]Setup Apache and PHP on Mac OS X Snow Leopard[/intlink]
First post in this series will explain how to setup and configure Apache and PHP on your Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation. I’ve tried to be as in depth as possible but in case I’ve forgotten something – just let me know. Read the post on [intlink id=”how-to-setup-apache-and-php-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard” type=”post”] how to setup Apache and PHP on Mac OS X Snow Leopard[/intlink].
[intlink id=”how-to-install-mysql-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard” type=”post”]How to install MySQL on Mac OS X Snow Leopard[/intlink]
Second post in this series covers the easy (yet sometimes tricky) ways on how to install MySQL on your Mac OS X. It’s pretty clear step-by-step guide. As always, if I’ve forgotten somethin – just let me know in the comments. Read the post on [intlink id=”how-to-install-mysql-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard” type=”post”] how to install MySQL on Mac OS X Snow Leopard[/intlink].
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Did you consider using MAMP?
Not really. I’ve tried WAMP, MAMP (and probably some other) a while back. Unfortunately didn’t like neither of these at that time. I guess I’m not the biggest fan of the one-click installations.
hi!
i’m a mac newbie and found your posts very helpful. i’m learning a lot of things from mac!
one question: i can’t seem to find the instructions on how to install wordpress. i’ve installed Apache, PHP and currently installing MySQL but i’m not sure how i can start my dev work on wordpress. could you point me to the right direction please?
many thanks!
Hey Ninya… A little late for reply. But LYNDA has a great course on WordPress PHP coding / Widget / Plugin building.