Hey Matt, Thanks for the response. I quite comfortable running Apache, just on the *nix side.
I tried it on Windows years ago and had tons of problems, just wondering if it's improved. Thanks for the endorsement, I'll try it out ! Dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Woodward > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Done with IIS on XP > > I haven't tried the whole Windows/running IIS simultaneously > thing (I assume you want to run both), but as a general > comment I'll just say > that Apache rocks and it's easier to configure than you might > think. > The docs are really well written and all you really need to > do for virtual hosts is add a few lines to the httpd.conf > file. Not sure what you're used to, but some people who are > used to IIS stay away from Apache because it doesn't have > fancy admin wizards. It's really quite simple to do the 90% > of the stuff that most people have to do (virtual hosts, > default docs, etc.). > > Prior to Apache 2 it had a pretty bad reputation on Windows, > but I think they've made it more a real production-level > product on Windows these days. > > Matt > > On May 19, 2005, at 4:00 PM, Dirk Meilinger wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > I'm been doing development on my laptop for a number of > years, mostly > > because I'm anal and want my code as close to me as > possible and not > > off on some remote server =). > > > > I run CF7 on XP, using IIS. I have been very happy with this setup > > until recently when I started doing .NET development on the > same web > > server. I ran into some (strange) issues running both at the same > > time, so decided to move off. The problem with development > on XP is > > that it will only allow me to create one webserver, which is very > > frustrating. For example, I am working on an existing > application for > > a client that has EVERYTHING pointing to the root of the > webserver, no > > dynamic paths for images, CFCs, etc. > > > > I am considering looking at Apache on XP so that I can > create separate > > web roots, has anyone tried this configuration for > development? Any > > opinions on Apache on Window$ ? > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Dirk > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
