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You don't even have to grab MAMP or Xcode, since Apache, PHP, Ruby, Python, emacs and vim come preinstalled with OS X. So you just have to get the database serv
by earcar 16y ago
You don't even have to grab MAMP or Xcode, since Apache, PHP, Ruby, Python, emacs and vim come preinstalled with OS X. So you just have to get the database server. Until you have to compile something.
- kscaldef 16y agoI don't see the difficulty with compiling. Just get out your install disk, open up the optional installs, install XCode. You now have all the standard Unix developer tools (in addition to the XCode app, which you don't have to use).
- jrockway 16y agoDiscs still exist? I haven't installed an OS from a disc in years. And I haven't installed a compiler from one ... ever.
- apphacker 16y agoYou can download xcode too, you just need an apple developer account. I prefer downloading than going hunting for my Mac OS X disc.
- earcar 16y agoI agree, I don't see it either. The whole point of my previous comment was to show that OS X ships with so many things that you don't have to install anything to start programming in PHP, Python or Ruby. "Until you have to compile something" refers to the fact that this claim doesn't hold anymore when you have to compile, for example, a native extension to those languages.
- butterfi 16y agoHonestly, do yourself a favor and check out MAMP. It works great and won't gack the next time apple updates php, mysql, etc. I even kicked in and bought MAMP Pro and its arguably the biggest time saver on my laptop.
- rimantas 16y agoIt also comes with sqlite.