LAMP

Working within the LAMP stack of free, open source software allows us to build websites within a clean architecture of compatible components.

LAMP is Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system. In a command line interface (CLI) you type commands with your keyboard, rather than using a mouse in a GUI. learn more

Apache web server is the most popular web server on the Internet and the software runs in the background. learn more

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database, making it easy to query a MySQL database and filter the results. learn more

PHP is a scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. PHP allows you to create innovative sites using includes in combination with an elegant PHP templating system. learn more

A good way to connect to a hosted Linux server over network is via PuTTY, a client program for the SSH network protocol.

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