Hi Friends, I am new to this group. I am interested in learning php and rails.
I have a win xp laptop with me, is that sufficient to build all components of a site, say mysql, php server, javascript, etc.. My main doubt is should I get a domain and a webhost registered to learn these new technologies, or can I use my laptop to install all the modules and then work on them.. If it doesnt cost much to own a website, I would go for that approach as I eventually need to deploy some of my pages atleast to others... I am new to web based dev, hence this basic qn, please provide pointers as to how best I can learn these technologies and also have a small web mashup up and running... Thanks Arvind
